Okro, Abelmoschus esculentus, also known as Lady’s Fingers, is popular in Africa, the Middle East, Greece, Turkey, India, the Caribbean, South America and the Southern U.S. It is not a very common vegetable in most European countries, except for Greece and parts of Turkey. Okra is a member of the Mallow family, related to cotton, hibiscus and hollyhock. Okra is a tall (6 ft) annual tropical herb cultivated for its edible green seed and unripe seed pod as vegetable.