TABLE 1 in Abelmoschus odishae (Malvoideae: Malvaceae): a new wild okra from tropical Eastern India

TABLE 1. Comparison of diagnostic characters between A. palianus and A. odishae.
Sl NoMorphological charactersA. palianusA. odishae sp.nov.1HabitAnnual sub-shrub up to 3 m heightPerennial large shrub up to 5 m height2StemSparsely hairy; hairs 1 mm long, antrorse; not tingedDensely hispid with prickly bristles; hairs 4–5 mm long, retrorse; purple tinged at node3LeafPubescent both sides; inter-veins of dorsal surface covered with tri-brachiate hairs; petiole up to 15 cm long, not tingedDensely hirtus both sides; inter-veins of dorsal surface covered with simple hairs and ventral surface with bi- and tri-brachiate hairs; petiole up to 37 cm long, purple tinged above4FlowerPedicel sparsely hairy, not spinescentPedicel densely hispid, thinly spinescent5EpicalyxSegments 5–7, ovate to narrowly ovate, pubescent, 1.8–2.0 × 0.3–0.5cm, apex acuteSegments 8 (7–9), lanceolate, hirsute, 3.0–4.0 × 0.6–1.0 cm, apex acuminate6Calyx2.5–2.8 cm long, densely hairy3.0–3.5 × 3.5–4.0 cm, thinly appressed hairy7Corolla8.5–9.0 cm diam., convolute, sparsely hairy outside, glabrous inside12.5–15.0 cm diam., widely campanulate, spreading, glabrous both sides8CapsuleBroadly ovoid, 3.5–4.0 × 2.5–2.7 cm, densely hirsute, not spinescent, rostrum 2 mm longOvoid to oblong, 6.0–7.5 × 3.0–3.5 cm, densely hispidulous, spinescent, rostrum 3-5 mm long9SeedReniform, pubescent; trichomes long, spiral, slender, deflected; hilum ovate or rounded, epidermal cells tetra-pentagonalSub-reniform, puberulent; trichomes short, non-spiral, straight, stout, flattened, not deflected; hilum spathulate to lingulate, epidermal cells penta-hexagonal