Pedaliaceae
Boot protectors
Sesamum senecioides
- Family
- Pedaliaceae
- Genus
- Sesamum
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Common names
By language (4)
- Afrikaans
- Elandsdoring
- English
- Boot protectors, Devil thorn, Stud thorn
- Shona
- Chikada, Ruredzo, Seso
- Zulu
- Inkunzane, Intekelane
Synonyms
- Dicerocaryum senecioides (Klotzsch) Abels
- Dicerocaryum senecioides subsp. senecioides
- Pretrea senecioides Klotzsch
Photos
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.