Sesame | |
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Sesame plants | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Faimily: | Pedaliaceae |
Genus: | Sesamum |
Species: | S. indicum |
Binomial name | |
Sesamum indicum | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Sesame (Sesamum indicum) is a flouerin plant in the genus Sesamum. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africae an a smawer nummer in Indie. It is widely naituralised in tropical regions aroond the warld an is cultivated for its edible seeds, that growe in pods or "buns".