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Sesame
Sesamum indicum
Sesame (/ˈsɛsəmiː/; Sesamum indicum) is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum, also called benne. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cultivated for its edible seeds, which grow in pods or "buns". The world harvested 6.2 million metric tonnes of sesame seeds in 2014, with Tanzania, India, and Sudan as the largest producers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 105)
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.74
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 105)
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.90
![Sesame in 農業全書 11巻. [2]](https://images.sourcelibrary.org/gallery/69e787b64a6785cfd60ccf39/69e787b64a6785cfd60ccf69-0.jpg?v=1780588876709)
農業全書 11巻. [2]
Miyazaki Yasusada · 1697 · p.48
Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao (Vol. 1)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.22
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.199
Garden of Health
1507 · p.329
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.375
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.375
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.579
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.543
Medical and Philosophical Garden
Joachim Camerarius · 1588 · p.388
The Plants of Egypt
Prospero Alpini · 1592 · p.96
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 285850.