7777.000 Sesamum L.

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

Zambia: 7 taxa.

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
alatum Thonn.	B		Description, Image
angolense Welw.	N,W,C,S	Lk	Description, Image
angustifolium (Oliv.) Engl.	N,W	Lk
calycinum Welw. subsp. baumii (Stapf) Seidenst.	B,S		Description, Image
calycinum Welw. subsp. calycinum	W,S	Lk
indicum L.	S		Description
triphyllum Welw. ex Asch.			Description, Image

Other sources of information about Sesamum:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Sesamum
Flora of Burundi: Sesamum
Flora of Caprivi: 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: cultivated Sesamum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Sesamum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Sesamum

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sesamum
BHL (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