Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:634. 1753, nom. cons.
Comment:
- conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonym (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.4 & App. IV) S. orientale
- first united with S. orientale L. by DC., Pl. rar. jard. Geneve 16-19. 1825, satisfying Melbourne ICN Art. 11.5, despite arguments in Taxon 38:656-659. 1989
Verified:
12/05/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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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_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
| 6 | Other | | | | | |
Cultivated
()
Other
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Animal food | fodder | | Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 |
| Food additives | flavoring | | Rosengarten, F. The book of edible nuts. 1984 |
| Human food | oil/fat | | Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968 |
| Human food | pseudocereal | | Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 |
| Human food | seeds | | Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968 |
| Materials | lipids | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
| Non-vertebrate poisons | plant pest control | | Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=33749.
Accessed 22 December 2024.