Data provided by USDA-ARS College Station, TX, USA, Nov. 2014, updated May 2017, updated February 2021.
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| Descriptor | Description Code or Rating Scale | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| Boll Color* | green | dark green | light green | red | sun red | seg/off type | ||||
| Boll Glanding | glandless | medium | light | heavy | seg/off type | |||||
| Boll Nectaries | absent | present | reduced | inactive | seg/off type | |||||
| Boll Pitting | smooth | light pitted | pitted | very pitted | seg/off type | |||||
| Boll Point | Moderately pointed | pointed | blunt | seg/off type | ||||||
| Boll Shape | Oval | round | cone | cone-oval | seg/off type | |||||
| Boll Size | medium | large | small | extra small | seg/off type | |||||
| Boll Variation | more glands on abscission zone | glandless seed | glanded seed | double boll | stormproof boll | seg/off type | ||||
| Bract Color | green | red | sun red | seg/off type | ||||||
| Bract Nectaries | absent | present | reduced | inactive | seg/off type | |||||
| Bract Size | small | medium | large | seg/off type | ||||||
| Bract Teeth Number | medium | many | few | seg/off type | ||||||
| Bract Teeth Size | none | medium | small | large | seg/off type | |||||
| Bract Type | normal | frego | flared | recurved | seg/off type | |||||
| Canopy Type | typical | open | dense | compact | seg/off type | |||||
| Ease of Germination | Easy, direct sow | Easy, direct sow, but low germ rate | Requires scarification | Requires scarification, but low germ rate | Hot water priming | Advanced techniques | ||||
| Fruiting Type | normal | cluster | short branch | seg/off type | ||||||
| Growth Habit | normal | spreading | prostrate | pyramid | stovepipe | seg/off type | ||||
| Hair Variation | greater hair density on younger leaves | greater hair density on leaf petiole | greater hair density on stem | cluster type of leaf hair | pilose leaf character, but density is low | pilose, but density is moderately hairy | pilose, but density is hairy | pilose, but density is very hairy | ||
| Height (average) for the plot | <1' prostrate | 1-2' dwarf | 2-3' short | 3-4' medium | 4-5' med-tall | 5-6' tall | 6-7' very-tall | >7' super-tall | seg/off type | |
| Leaf Color | green | red | dark red | bronze | light green | virescent | seg/off type | |||
| Leaf Glands | glandless | medium | light | heavy | seg/off type | |||||
| Leaf Hairs | none | few | moderate | hairy | very hairy | pilose | seg/off type | |||
| Leaf Laciniate | laciniate, but normal leaf shape | laciniate, but sub okra leaf shape | laciniate, but okra leaf shape | laciniate, but super okra leaf shape | seg/off type | |||||
| Leaf Nectaries Number | absent | nectar glands only seen on the main vein of underside of leaves | nectar glands found on main vein and on one of the other veins of underside of leaves | nectar glands found on main vein and two other veins on undersides of leaves | nectar glands found on the main vein and three more veins on undersides of the leaves | nectar glands found on the main vein and four more veins on undersides of the leaves | reduced (nectar gland barely noticeable on main vein) | seg/off type | ||
| Leaf Shape | normal | okra | sub okra | super okra | laciniate | ovate | cordate | seg/off type | ||
| Leaf Size | medium | small | large | extra small | seg/off type | |||||
| Lint Color | no lint | white | cream | brown | green | tan | rust | off white | seg/off type | |
| Locule # | one | two | three | four | five | > five | seg/off type | |||
| Maturity | not flowering | flowering | < 1/2 open | > 1/2 open | complete | seg/off type | ||||
| Nectary Variation | double bract nect | long middle nectary | red spot leaf nectary | red spot bract nectary | red spot boll nectary | seg/off type | ||||
| Petal Color | cream | yellow | light yellow | red | white | light blue | golden | pink | seg/off type | |
| Petal Spot | none | light | medium | heavy | seg/off type | |||||
| Photoperiodic Rating | no squares | squares | flowers | bolls | open bolls | seg/off type | ||||
| Plot Uniformity | mix | outcross | segragation | uniform | volunteer | seg/off type | ||||
| Pollen Color | yellow | cream | -- | dark yellow | orange | seg/off type | ||||
| Productivity | none | < 12/plant | 13-24/plant | 25-36/plant | 37-48/plant | >48/plant | seg/off type | |||
| Seed Fuzz | none | medium | high | sparse | tufted | seg/off type | ||||
| Seed Fuzz Color | lintless | white | cream | brown | green | tan | rust | off white | seg/off type | |
| Seed Type | free | semi kidney | kidney | seg/off type | ||||||
| Stand Establishment | no plants in the stand | 10% or less of the full stand | 25% of a full stand | 50% of a full stand | 75% of a full stand | 76% - 90% of a full stand | full stand | |||
| Stem Color | green | sun red | dark red | seg/off type | ||||||
| Stem Glands | glandless | medium | light | heavy | seg/off type | |||||
| Stem Hair | none | few | moderate | hairy | very hairy | pilose | seg/off type | |||
| Stigma | normal | protruding | extreme protruding | short buried | seg/off type | |||||
| Usability | Rapid maturity | Delayed maturity and photoperiodic flowering | Prolonged maturity, photoperiodic and sporadic flowering | Multiyear in greenhouse or tropical nursery | ||||||