EcoFlora - Sesamum indicum

Sesamum indicum L.
Family: Pedaliaceae Sesame, more... (es: ajonjolí) [Anthadenia sesamoides Lem., more] Thomas Van Devender	Gleason & Cronquist Resources Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada Erect annual to 1.5 m, evidently to inconspicuously hairy; lvs lanceolate to ovate, entire or in part coarsely toothed; fls pink or yellowish to white, 2-3 cm, on short, ascending-erect pedicels; fr 2-3 cm, roundly 4-angled; seeds oily, aromatic; 2n=26. Native probably of India, but unknown in the wild; long in cult., and occasionally found in our range as a casual escape. Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp. ©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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