Ladies Fingers (Okra)
This fruit is also a vegetable. It is commonly used in curry fish head, vegetable curry, yongtauhu (cut make along length of lady finger and stuffed with ground fish paste), fried with chillies, garlic n dried shrimps and many other dishes.
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| Two rows of lady finger plants. |
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| Bird eye's view of lady finger plant. Note the shape of leaves. |
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| Flower buds, flower n fruit |
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| Flower. Note the ants on petals. One of many pollinating insects for plant. |
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| Flower. Note the ants on the petals. See enlarged section of flower below.  |
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| Fruit - lady finger |
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| Fruits - Lady finger |
Note: Photographs taken at RC garden outside Blk 228, Serangoon Ave 4
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