Acalypha alopecuroidea

Herbaceous erect, annual, up to 50 cm. Deltoid to rounded/ovate leaves of 3 to 7 cm, acuminate or cuspidate/acuminate, crenate. Terminal and axillary ears, up to 5 cm; bracts of pistillate flowers from 7 to 9 mm, with long hairs. Capsule of 2 mm in length.

Abelmoschus esculentus

Annual, erect, woody at the base, up to 3 or 4 m, non-ramified. Orbicular leaves, 10-30 cm, 5-7 lobate; lanceolate to ovate serrate lobes, acute or obtuse. Calyx 2 cm, yellow petals with purple spots in the centre, 3-4 cm. Angular capsular fruit of up to 20 cm, acuminate, viscous.

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