TABLE 2 in Abelmoschus odishae (Malvoideae: Malvaceae): a new wild okra from tropical Eastern India

TABLE 2. Comparison of seed micro-morphology of A. odishae to A. palianus and its closely related taxa of Abelmoschus (through SEM).
SpeciesSeed shapeSeed surface textureTrichome characteristicsEpidermal cellsCell wallHilum shapeReference citedAbelmoschus odishae sp. nov.Sub- reniformPuberulentUnicellular, non-spiral, stout, straight, flattened, short, base free, not deflected, acute, persistentPenta- hexagonal, regularFlat, smooth, raised, thickness not uniform with false septa insideSpathulate to lingulate.Present studyAbelmoschus palianusReniformPubescentUnicellular, spiral, slender, elongated, base free, deflected, acute, persistentTetra- pentagonal, regularSlightly concave, smooth, thickness not uniform.RoundedPatil et al. 2015b, Sutar et al. 2013Abelmoschus manihot var. pungensSub-reniformPubescent with golden hairsUnicellular, non-spiral, elongated, base free, deflected, acute, persistentPolygonal, irregularFlat, not smooth, thickness not uniformTriangularPatil et al. 2015b, Sivarajan & Pradeep 1996Abelmoschus angulosus var. grandiflorusSub-globose to reniformPubescent with golden brown hairsUnicellular, non-spiral, elongated, base free and conjugate, deflected, acute, persistentPenta- hexagonal, regularSlightly concave, smooth, thickness more or less uniformOvateMisra et al. 2022, Patil et al. 2015bAbelmoschus angulosus var. purpureusSub-globosePubescent with white hairsBi- or tri-cellular, non-spiral, elongated, base conjugate, deflected, acute, persistentTetra- pentagonal, regularSlightly concave, smooth, obliterated at times, thickness not uniformRoundedPatil et al. 2015bAbelmoschus angulosus var. angulosusSub-globosePubescent with white hairs.Uni- or bi-cellular, non- spiral, elongated, base free and conjugate, deflected, acute, persistentPolygonal, irregularConcave, highly obliterated, not smooth, thickness not uniformRoundedPatil et al. 2015bAbelmoschus angulosus var. mahendragiriensisSub-reniformPubescent with brown hairsUnicellular, spiral at apex, elongated, base free rarely conjugate, not deflected, persistentHexagonal, regularFlat, not smooth, obliterated, thickness not uniformOvateMisra et al. 2018