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Sesamum orientale L.
sesame

       
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Synonyms:
Sesamum orientale L.

  SEIN3 Sesamum indicum L.
 

Distribution:
Sesamum orientale L.

View Native Status
Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, CA, FL, GA, LA, MA, MO, NY, OH, PA, SC, TX, WI), USA+ (PR, VI)
 

Related Taxa:
Sesamum orientale L.

View 7 genera in Pedaliaceae, 3 species in Sesamum
 

Classification:
Sesamum orientale L.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
   
Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Scrophulariales
Family Pedaliaceae – Sesame family
Genus Sesamum L. – sesame
Species Sesamum orientale L. – sesame
 

Introduced Information:
Sesamum orientale L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Sesamum orientale L.

Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Yarrow, G.K., and D.T. Yarrow. 1999. Managing wildlife. Sweet Water Press, Birmingham.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Sesamum orientale L.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505186.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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