Sesamum facts for kids
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| Sesamum indicum | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Pedaliaceae |
| Genus: | Sesamum L. |
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Sesamum is a genus of about 20 species in the flowering plant family Pedaliaceae. The plants are annual or perennial herbs with edible seeds. The best-known member of the genus is sesame, Sesamum indicum (syn. Sesamum orientale), the source of sesame seeds.
Species
Species include:
- Sesamum abbreviatum Merxm.
- Sesamum alatum Thonn.
- Sesamum angolense Welw.
- Sesamum biapiculatum De Wild.
- Sesamum calycinum Welw.
- Sesamum capense Burm. f.
- Sesamum digitaloides Welw. ex Schinz
- Sesamum gracile Endl.
- Sesamum hopkinsii Suess.
- Sesamum indicum L.
- Sesamum lamiifolium Engl.
- Sesamum latifolium J.B. Gillett
- Sesamum lepidotum Schinz
- Sesamum macranthum Oliv.
- Sesamum marlothii Engl.
- Sesamum mombazense De Wild. & T.Durand
- Sesamum parviflorum Seidenst.
- Sesamum pedalioides Welw. ex Hiern
- Sesamum radiatum Schumach. & Thonn.
- Sesamum rigidum Peyr.
- Sesamum rostratum Hochst.
- Sesamum sabulosum A.Chev.
- Sesamum schinzianum Asch.
- Sesamum somalense Chiov.
- Sesamum thonneri De Wild. & T. Durand
- Sesamum triphyllum Welw. ex Asch.
Images for kids
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Sesamum rigidum
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Sesamum triphyllum
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Seed under a microscope
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See also
In Spanish: Sesamum para niños
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