Ladyfinger was found to be the best accumulator of all detected metals. The highest mean content (mg/kg) of Zn ranged
from 62.667-12.833, 2.667-26.00 for Cu, 0.0-1.833 for Pb and 0.0-0.667 for Ni (Tewari and Pande, 2013). Zinc permissible limit for edible parts of crops is 50 mg/kg (Awasthi, 2000).