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This study shows the testicular assessment of Abelmoschus esculentustreated animals. Twenty-one animals weighing between100g-120g were grouped into three groups, seven animals for eachgroup. The rats in group A served as the control and fed with normalrat chew and water while the animals in group B treated with 1.0mg/KgBw and C 3.0 mg/KgBw aqueous extract of Abelmoschus esculentusorally for 14 days. All the animals were sacrificed a day afterthe administration and the testes removed for histological tissuesprocessing using Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) stain. The caudalpart of the epididymis was harvested for collection of semen for analysis.Result of the study shows a significant (p<0.05) increase infinal body weight of all the animals compared with their initial bodyweight while result from semen analysis shows a significant increase(p<0.05) in percentage sperm motility in the control and high dosegroup, the highest percentage of sperm morphology was observedin the control group while the sperm vitality reveals a significant decrease(p<0.05) in the low dose and high dose. Results of the histologyof the control group showed a normal histology of the seminiferoustubules (round cells), low dose showed seminiferous tubuleswith acute loss of Germinal cell area (G) and high dose showed testicularregression (loss of interstitial space, IT), tubular architectureand Germ layer (G).