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7777.000 Sesamum
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial, erect herbs. Leaves variable; lamina ranging from entire to digitate. Flowers solitary in the axils with prominent extra-floral nectaries at the base. Corolla white, pink dark red or purple; limb ± 2-lobed. Fruit a dehiscent non-woody capsule, beaked at the apex, but without sideways-directed horns. Seeds winged or with a double, rarely single, edge. Derivation of name: Greek and Latin name for the edible Sesame Worldwide: 15 species in the tropical Old World and South Africa Caprivi: 4 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| alatum Thonn. | Description, Image |
| calycinum Welw. subsp. baumii (Stapf) Seidenst. | Description, Image |
| schinzianum Asch. | |
| triphyllum Welw. ex Asch. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Sesamum:
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Flora of Botswana: SesamumFlora of Burundi: Sesamum
Flora of the DRC: Sesamum
Flora of Malawi: Sesamum
Flora of Mozambique: Sesamum
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Sesamum
Flora of Rwanda: Sesamum
Flora of Zambia: Sesamum
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Sesamum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Sesamum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Sesamum
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SesamumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sesamum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sesamum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sesamum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Sesamum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sesamum
JSTOR Plant Science: Sesamum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sesamum
Plants of the World Online: Sesamum
Tropicos: Sesamum
Wikipedia: Sesamum
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