Sesamum

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Sesamum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Sesamum (Greek name taken by Hippocrates from the Arabic). Pedaliaceae. Herbs, erect or prostrate, scabrous or rarely glabrous, suitable for the warmhouse, and for the open in the S.: lowest lvs. opposite, the upper and almost all alternate, petioled, entire, incise-dentate, 3-cleft or pedately cut: fls. pale or violet, solitary in the axils; calyx rather small, 5-parted; corolla-limb 2-lipped and 5-lobed; stamens 4, didynamous; ovary 2-celled: caps. oblong or ovoid.—About 20 species, Trop. and S. Afr., E. Asia. The only species of importance is S. indicum, which has been extensively cult. in the tropics from ancient times. The seeds are sold in Amer. under the name of bene. They yield about half their weight of oil-of-sesame (known also as benne-, gingili-, or teel-oil), which is odorless and does not easily become rancid. This oil is universally used in India for cooking and anointing. Large quantities of oil and seed are imported from India to Eu. for the manufacture of soap and adulteration of olive-oil. Also cult. in northern states as a medicinal herb, the mucilaginous lvs. being used in dysentery and diarrhea of children. The oil of sesamum, however, which is expressed from the seeds is in large doses a laxative. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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