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|accepted_name=Sesamum
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 634. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Pedaliaceae;Sesamum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Pedaliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sesamum]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek sésamon (Arabic simsim), literally meaning plant oil
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 361
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals </b>not foul smelling. <b>Stems</b> erect [prostrate], hairy [glabrous], hairs glandular and eglandular. <b>Leaves</b> opposite proximally, opposite or alternate distally. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, flowers solitary. <b>Pedicels</b> often with paired nectaries at base; bracteoles present or absent. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx tubular or cupulate, lobes linear to narrowly triangular; corolla white to pale pink or pale purple, often with darker veins proximally; staminode 1, filiform; style base persistent. <b>Capsules</b> not flattened, style base enlarged, forming a persistent beak, lateral horns absent. <b>Seeds</b> [10]40–60[–80], white, brown, or black, ovoid [obovoid], wings absent or present. <b>x</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|distribution=Asia;Africa;tropical areas;introduced also in South America;Europe;elsewhere in Asia;n Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 21 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=bedigian2011a
|text=Bedigian, D., ed. 2011. Sesame: The Genus Sesamum. Boca Raton.
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|id=ihlenfeldt1979a
|text=Ihlenfeldt, H.-D. and U. Grabow-Seidensticker. 1979. The genus Sesamum and the origin of cultivated sesame. In: K. Kunkel, ed. 1979. Taxonomic Aspects of African Economic Botany. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Pp. 53–60.
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name=Sesamum
|author=Kerry A. Barringer
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Pedaliaceae
|distribution=Asia;Africa;tropical areas;introduced also in South America;Europe;elsewhere in Asia;n Africa;Pacific Islands;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=bedigian2011a;ihlenfeldt1979a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Sesamum
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