What is Sesamum?
{{Automatic taxobox |image = Sesamum indicum 2.jpg |image_caption = ''[[Sesamum indicum]]'' |taxon = Sesamum |authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text }} '''Sesamum''' is a [[genus]] of about 20 species in the flowering plant family [[Pedaliaceae]]. The plants are annual or perennial herbs with edible seeds. The best-known member of the genus is [[sesame]], ''Sesamum indicum'' (syn. '''Sesamum''' orientale), the source of sesame seeds. ==Species== Species include:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=sesamum |title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species |access-date=January 14, 2015 |archive-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209074834/http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=sesamum |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''[[Sesamum abbreviatum]]'' <small>Merxm.</small> * ''[[Sesamum alatum]]'' <small>Thonn.</small> * ''[[Sesamum angolense]]'' <small>Welw.</small> * ''[[Sesamum biapiculatum]]'' <small>De Wild.</small> * ''[[Sesamum calycinum]]'' <small>Welw.</small> * ''[[Sesamum capense]]'' <small>Burm. f.</small> * ''[[Sesamum digitaloides]]'' <small>Welw. ex Schinz</small> * ''[[Sesamum gracile]]'' <small>Endl.</small> * ''[[Sesamum hopkinsii]]'' <small>Suess.</small> * ''[[Sesamum indicum]]'' <small>L.</small> * ''[[Sesamum lamiifolium]]'' <small>Engl.</small> * ''[[Sesamum latifolium]]'' <small>J.B. Gillett</small> * ''[[Sesamum lepidotum]]'' <small>Schinz</small> * ''[[Sesamum macranthum]]'' <small>Oliv.</small> * ''[[Sesamum marlothii]]'' <small>Engl.</small> * ''[[Sesamum mombazense]]'' <small>De Wild. & T.Durand</small> * ''[[Sesamum parviflorum]]'' <small>Seidenst.</small> * ''[[Sesamum pedalioides]]'' <small>Welw. ex Hiern</small> * ''[[Sesamum radiatum]]'' <small>Schumach. & Thonn.</small> * ''[[Sesamum rigidum]]'' <small>Peyr.</small> * ''[[Sesamum rostratum]]'' <small>Hochst.</small> * ''[[Sesamum sabulosum]]'' <small>A.Chev.</small> * ''[[Sesamum schinzianum]]'' <small>Asch.</small> * ''[