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Sesamum calycinum Welw.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Pedaliaceae > Sesamum

Characteristics

A herb that grows for one or a few years. The stem can be single or branched. The leaves at the top are long and thin and with almost no stalk. Lower leaves can have stalks and be divided into lobes. The flowers are 2-5 cm long and purple or pink. The fruit is a narrow capsule.
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Leaves linear to cultrate, narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, entire, inferior surface glabrous-except for the mucilage glands-or rarely pilose (subsp. pseudoangolense).
Capsule narrowly oblong in lateral view, c. 10–25 x 4–6 mm., 4–sulcate, glabrous or pilose, rostrate at the apex (TAB. 23 figs. B1–3).
Flowers obliquely campanulate, corolla 2–5 cm. long, purple, mauve, pink or white; calyx persistent.
Seeds compressed, with a broad double fringe, black or brown when mature (TAB. 24 fig. B1–4).
Annual or perennial, erect or sometimes ascending herb; stem simple or branched.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Environment

A tropical plant. In Kenya it grows from sea level to 3,000 m altitude. It grows in light clay and sandy soils. It can grow in arid places.
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Sandy soil, frequently by roadsides, in grassland and open woodland.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The young leaves are cooked and eaten. They are often cooked with other leaves such as Corchorus.
Uses food gene source medicinal oil
Edible leaves saps seeds shoots
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds. A spacing of 20 cm is suitable.
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Distribution

Sesamum calycinum world distribution map, present in Angola, Congo, Malawi, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:675959-1
WFO ID wfo-0000497103
COL ID 4WYSS
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Synonyms

Sesamum calycinum Volkameria calycina Sesamum calycinum var. calycinum Sesamum calycinum subsp. calycinum

Lower taxons

Sesamum calycinum subsp. baumii Sesamum calycinum subsp. repens Sesamum calycinum subsp. angustifolium Sesamum calycinum subsp. pseudoangolense
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