• Family : PEDALIACEAE
  (PEDALIUM FAMILY OR SESAME FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Pedaliaceae
• Species : Sesamum orientale
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sesamum indicum L.
• Common name : Gingelly, Sesame
• Vernacular name : Til (Hin.); Yellu (Kan.); Yellu (Tam.); Nuvvulu, Til nuvvulu (Tel.); Khasa, Rasi, Rasa (Ori.)
• Collection Nos : FAP 41976
• Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 09/12/10
• Collection Locality : Gollalaguduru, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh State
• Habitat : Margins of Scrub forest
• Key identification features : An erect annual, often branched; stems and branches are quadrangular on the upper part, furrowed, pubescent and more or less glandular. Leaves are variable, with the lower ones being 3-lobed or 3-partitioned or palmately compound, serrate-dentate, glabrous above and puberulous beneath. Calyx segment is oblong-lanceolate. Corolla is white, pink or purplish. Fruit is a capsule which is long and abruptly contracted into a short beak and fine reticulations on the surface. Seeds are pale yellow, brown or black.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
• Comments : Commonly cultivated, sometimes as an escape.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• World Distribution : Tropical Asia & Africa; Cultivated in the warmer parts of the world
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Sesamum orientale. Downloaded on 10 November 2024.

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