Okra History & Facts Poster Set

Okra history and facts posters for classrooms, kitchens and greenhouses: a two-page timeline from Kew’s 2,000 BC Egypt evidence to 1806, okra’s journey, where okra came from (and where the sources disagree), okra around the world, gumbo and the American South, okra’s many names, and the parts of the plant and the pod.

What’s inside:

- How to use the posters

- Timeline, part 1 and part 2 (2,000 BC to 1806)

- Okra’s journey (our own diagram, solid arrows only where Kew says so)

- Where did okra come from? The sources disagree

- Okra around the world: Africa, South Asia and beyond

- Gumbo and the American South

- Okra’s many names

- Parts of an okra plant, and the pod

Pages: 11 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink.

Every fact is checked against named source pages from the RHS, Kew, Encyclopaedia Britannica, the FAO, Clemson Cooperative Extension, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, NC State Extension and a 1949 account (V. R. Boswell, National Geographic) (checked 30 Oct 2026), and the sources are listed on the pack’s credits page. Figures that can change, such as live database records, are printed with that date. Where sources disagree, each version is shown with its source.

There are no photos in this pack: all drawings, puzzles and layouts are REALLYBYTE’s own work. Drawings are simplified impressions, not identification photos and not to scale, and not copied from any guide, photo or book. Not affiliated with the RHS, Kew, Encyclopaedia Britannica, the FAO, Clemson University, the University of Georgia, Texas A&M AgriLife, NC State University, National Geographic, the Internet Archive or any seed company. Their names are used only to identify the sources we quote.

Licence: personal use. Print as many copies as you need for yourself and your household. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For club, school or commercial use, please email info@reallybyte.com.

Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind okra.vegetables.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com

This is a digital download: no physical item will be shipped.