• Family : PEDALIACEAE
  (Pedalium Or Sesame Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : TIL FAMILY (तिल फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PEDALIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Deciduous forests, Grassy slopes and waste places
• Comments / notes : On plains on clayey river banks, on bare exposed gravelly ground etc.
• Flower, Fruit : August-December
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 01/11/2009
• Collection Nos : FAP 37695
• Collection Locality : Kalasamudram, Anantapur district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sesamum laciniatum. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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