Sesamum radiatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Pedaliaceae
Tribus: Sesameae
Genus: Sesamum
Sectio: S. sect. Aptera
Species:

Sesamum radiatum Thonn. ex Hornem., 1806

Homotypic
- Sesamopteris radiata (Thonn. ex Hornem.) DC. ex Meisn. in Pl. Vasc. Gen. 2: 206 (1839)
Homotypic
- Sesamum biapiculatum De Wild. in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 58 (1915)
- Sesamum caillei A.Chev. in Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 488 (1920), nom. nud.
- Sesamum mombanzense De Wild. & T.Durand in Pl. Thonn. Congol.: 36 (1900)
- Sesamum talbotii Wernham in A.B.Rendle & al., Cat. Pl. Oban: 73 (1913)
- Sesamum thonneri De Wild. & T.Durand in Pl. Thonn. Congol.: 37 (1900)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional:Western Africa
  - Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
- Regional:Central Africa
  - Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Niger, Zaïre
- Introduced into:
  - Borneo, Guinea-Bissau, India, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Sumatera

Lautenschläger, T. & al (2020). New records for the flora of Angola: observations from Uíge and Cuanza Norte. Plant ecology and evolution 153: 132-142.

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Tropicos.org 2025. Sesamum radiatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 March 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sesamum radiatum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.