Pedaliaceae
False sesame
Sesamum sesamoides
- Family
- Pedaliaceae
- Genus
- Sesamum
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Common names
By language (4)
- dag
- Bungu
- English
- False sesame
- kai
- Dìlkù
- mul
- False sesame
Synonyms
- Ceratotheca melanosperma Hochst. ex Bernh.
- Ceratotheca sesamoides Endl.
- Ceratotheca sesamoides f. latifolia Engl.
- Ceratotheca sesamoides var. baoulensis A.Chev.
- Ceratotheca sesamoides var. grandiflora Berhaut
- Ceratotheca sesamoides var. melanoptera A.DC.
- Ceratotheca sesasmoides var. baoulensis A.Chev.
- Sesamum heudelotii Stapf
Photos
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, 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.