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Sesamum orientale - Sesame plants left to dry in the field - Click to enlarge!

Sesame plants left to dry in the field; Saklikent, Mugla, Turkey; 9/2006 © Jan Grenz

Sesamum orientale - Closeup of stem and capsules - Click to enlarge!

Closeup of stem and capsules; Saklikent, Mugla, Turkey; 9/2006 © Jan Grenz

Sesamum orientale - Flowers and capsules - Click to enlarge!

Flowers and capsules; Saklikent, Mugla, Turkey; 9/2006 © Jan Grenz

Dataset

Identifier: 433
Date of entry: 26.09.2006
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Sesame

German: Sesam

Portuguese: Gergelim

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Scrophulariales (81)

        Family: Pedaliaceae (2)(family description)

          Genus: Sesamum (1)

            Epithet: orientale L. (3)

Synonym: Sesamum indicum L.

indicum => of Indian origin

orientale => eastern

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: pink, white

External links

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