Sesamum

Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection

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Distribution
Sesamum (rights holder: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings)© Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)

Sesame

Annual or perennial, erect herbs. Leaves variable; lamina ranging from entire to digitate. Flowers solitary in the axils with prominent extra-floral nectaries at the base. Corolla white, pink dark red or purple; limb ± 2-lobed. Fruit a dehiscent non-woody capsule, beaked at the apex, but without sideways-directed horns. Seeds winged or with a double, rarely single, edge. © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)

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Definition
Parent Taxon
Pedaliaceae
Species
Taxonomic Completion
3.85%
1 of 26 accepted Species
Global Pollen Project UUID
f5f575c4-f802-4d98-84cb-f40f6f1ebad4
Botanical Reference
None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources

This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.

The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility