Note 9 — PETER KALM’s TRAVELS.
Johann Reinhold Forster translation
The Hibiscus esculentus, or Okra,9 is a plant which grows wild in the West Indies, but is planted in the gardens here. The fruit, which is a long pod, is cut whilst it is green, and boiled in soups, which thereby become as thick as pulse. This dish is reckoned a dainty by some people, and especially by the negroes.