- Family : PEDALIACEAE
(Pedalium Or Sesame Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : TIL FAMILY (तिल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Pedaliaceae
- Synonym(s) : Sesamum orientale L.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sesamum indicum L.
- Common name : Sesame, Gingelly Oil, Gingelly, Beniseed, Gingelly, Simsim
- Vernacular name :
- Tila (Sanskrit)
- Til (Hindi)
- Yellu (Kannada)
- Yellu (Tamil)
- Nuvvulu, Til nuvvulu (Telugu)
- Khasa, Rasi, Rasa (Oria)
- Ellu, Karuthellu, Yelluchedi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Cultivated
- Comments / notes : A common cultivated plant for its oil, used commercially as the Gingelly oil, especially in temples for lighting lamps.
- Key identification features : An erect annual, often branched, branches
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 12/09/2010
- Collection Nos : FAP 41976; R.R.Rao 1086
- Collection Locality : Gollalaguduru, Kadapa district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Palghar (Vasai)
- Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit, Subansiri, Tirap
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Alwar district, Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Native : Bangladesh, India
- World Distribution : Warmer regions of the world
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- 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
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 239
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sesamum indicum. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.
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