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Taxon:  Sesamum indicum L.



Summary
Genus:
Sesamum
Family:
Pedaliaceae
Nomen number:
33749
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:634. 1753, nom. cons.
Comment:
  • conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonym (Shenzhen ICN 14.4 & App. IV) Sesamum orientale
  • first united with S. orientale L. by DC., Pl. rar. jard. Geneve 16-19. 1825, satisfying Shenzhen ICN 11.5, despite arguments in Taxon 38:656-659. 1989
Verified:
12/05/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Sesamum indicum L. subsp. indicum (0 active accession[s])
Sesamum indicum L. subsp. malabaricum (Burm.) Bedigian (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sesamum mulayanum N. C. Nair
Sesamum orientale L.
No images


Reference(s)
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  3. Bedigian, D. 2010. Characterization of sesame (Sesamum indicum L) germplasm: a critique. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 57:641-647. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
  4. Bedigian, D. 2015. Systematics and evolution in Sesamum L. (Pedaliaceae), part 1. Evidence regarding the origin of sesame and its closest relatives. Webbia 70:1-42.
  5. Brummitt, R. K. 2005. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 57. Taxon 54:1098. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax Note: proposal recommended
  6. Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. Note: = Sesamum orientale L.
  7. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  8. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
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  10. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Sesamum+indicum&quantity=1
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  15. John, C. M. et al. 1950. The wild gingelly of Malabar. Madras Agric. J. 37:47-50.
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  17. Magness, J. R. et al. 1971. Food and feed crops of the United States. IR Bull. 1
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  19. Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. Note: = Sesamum orientale L.
  20. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  21. Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:129.
  22. Nicolson, D. H. & J. H. Wiersema. 2004. (1618) Proposal to conserve Sesamum indicum against Sesamum orientale (Pedaliaceae). Taxon 53:210-211. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
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  29. Seegeler, C. J. P. 1989. Sesamum orientale L. (Pedaliaceae): sesame's correct name. Taxon 38:656-659. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax Note: = Sesamum orientale L.; maintains that DC's joining of S. indicum & S. orientale was only provisional
  30. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. Note: = Sesamum orientale L.
  31. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1976. Flora malesiana. 7:829. Note: = Sesamum orientale L.
  32. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
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  34. Voss, E. G. 1996. pers. comm. Note: accepts, based on examination of DC's original reference, concluding that DC effectively satisfied the requirements of Art. 11.5 (Tokyo Code) in uniting Sesamum indicum & S. orientale and choosing S. indicum
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  36. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
beniseed –
benneseed –
benniseed –
sesame –
French
sésame –
India
gingelly –
til –
Italian
sesamo –
Japanese Rōmaji
goma –
Portuguese
gergelim –
gimgelim –
Spanish
ajonjolí –
sésamo –
Swahili
simsim –
ufuta –
wangila –
Swedish
sesam –
Transcribed Chinese
hu ma –
zhi ma –
Transcribed Korean
chamkkae –
unknown
beni –
benne –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    widely cult.
6Other    possible origin India or Africa
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Other (possible origin India or Africa)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Food additivesflavoringash as salt substitutePROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/
Food additivesflavoringfrom seedsRosengarten, F. 1984. The book of edible nuts
Human foodoil/fat Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Human foodpseudocereal Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Human foodseeds Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Materialslipidsfor lubricants, medicines, perfumes, soapsPROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Non-vertebrate poisonsplant pest controltogether with pyrethrumHanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#


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