Plant Details

Accepted name:

Sesamum indicum L. [Pedaliaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
accheellu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
achchellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
achhellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ajonjolí	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
ajonjolí, aceite	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
ajonjolí, aceite refinado	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
asitatila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahumaniri	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ballanuvvulu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
baniseed	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
barik-tel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bariktel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
beme	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bene	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
benein	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
beni	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
beniseed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
benne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
benneseed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
benniseed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
benue oil seed	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bhadutil	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bhūtaghn	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
black sesame	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
black sesame seeds	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
car-elu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caralicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carbonized fineleaf schizonepeta spike	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
chamkkae	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
chikhanu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chiteluu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chitrallu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitrallum	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
cinekapalacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhavotil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhonul-hal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhonus-simsim	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
djyldylan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dora yellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
duhn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eellu-cceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
el	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ell	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ellu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
fineleaf schizonepeta spike	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
gergelim	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
gimgelim	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gingelly	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gingelly sesame	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gingelly-oil seeds	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gingli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
goma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
grangasa	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gubbulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guvvulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hamo	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hei zhi ma	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
heizhima	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
holi basil	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
homadhanya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
hu ma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
hu ma ren	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ikanyum	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ikucakikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ikucakiyacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
jingjiesui	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
jingjiesuitan	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
kakutam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalatil	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kali til	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
karel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kari ellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karucakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuppellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katalelakacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katalelakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattil	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kattu ellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharotil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khasa	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
khaslatil	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kirucaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirusnapali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiruttinatilam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
konjed	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
krishanatil,	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
krishnatel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kulakacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuncî	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
kunjad	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kunjad (seeds)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunjad muqashshar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunjad safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunjad siyah	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kunjad siyah (til)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuparam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kupikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurukacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manchi tulasi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mayou	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
mfuta	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
min	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mitha-tel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mithatel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mithatel,til	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mithytel	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
molekelele	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
nalla tulasi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
nallennai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallennay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
navvullu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nimso	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
null unnay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nung	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nuv	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nuvvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nuvvulu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nyim	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
oleum sesami	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
olle ellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
olle yellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
olleyellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oriental sesame	Other	Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
pacikari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panipputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papaghana	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
papaghna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papakkinam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasanamaiyini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasanamayini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavitra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitratarpana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poeuloel	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
pollanuvvulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puraphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putadhanya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putataniyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ran-til	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rasi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
refined sesame oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
ridi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
roghan kunjad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roghane-kunjad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roghane-kunjad (seeds)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roghane-shirin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roghen kunjed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sacred basil	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
salalmac	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
saltit gilgilan	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
schit-elu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
schizonepetae spica	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
semen sesami nigrum	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
semsem	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
sesam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
sesame	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
sesame oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
sesame oil, refined	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
sesame seeds	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
sesami nigrum semen	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
sesami oleum	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
sesami oleum raffinatum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
sesami semen	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
sesami semen nigrum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
sesamier	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
sesamo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
sesamum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
shiraj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shiraj (oil)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sim-sim	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
simmasim	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
simsim	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
simsim-ui-aswad	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sisino	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sisámi	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
snehapahla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
snehaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spica schizonepetae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
spica schizonepetae carbonisata	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
spri-nag	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sri tulasi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
surasa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sésame	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
sésamo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tahini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tailapalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tailaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tal tel til	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tall	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
talna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tattiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tayittiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
teel	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
thala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
thil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thiruthazhai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
thulasi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ti-la	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ti-la-dkar	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tiil	Other	Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015)
til	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
til afaid muqashshar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
til bras	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
til ke phool	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
til safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
til safaid muqashshar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
til safaid muqqashar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
til-ka-tel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tila	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tila (seed)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tilagachh	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tilah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilataila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tili	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tilia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilkatel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
till	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiloa ka tael	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilon ka tael	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilon ka tel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilon ke beej	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiloun ka tail	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
timata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
timataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
timatakicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
tsinuni	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tulasi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tulsi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ufuha	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ufunha	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ufuta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
uruellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uvuta	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
vacikari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacikaricceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanodbhava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wangila	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
wollelu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yallu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yanmoti	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
yellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yellu cheddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yellu-cheddie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yelluchedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
zar-ma	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
zhi ma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
zilechathil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zilechatil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
óleo de gergelim	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
σησάμι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
سمسم	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
کنجد	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ゴマ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
ゴマ油	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
胡麻	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
胡麻仁	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
黑芝麻	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
seed	refined oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
seeds		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Seed	Oil	Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
seed	ripe seeds	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Semen		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Seed	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
seed	refined fixed oil obtained from the seed	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Seed		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Seed		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Seeds		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Seeds		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
Leaves, Oils, Seeds, Stalk		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
seed	oil	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
seeds	oil	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Seeds		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ripe seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fruit, leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
seeds		Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit	dried fruitspike	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed	fatty oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
seed	oil	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
seed	fatty oil	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
seed	fixed oil	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
seed	dried seed	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
seed	dried seed	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
seed	oil	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
seed	fixed oil	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
leaf, seed		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
seed	oil	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
seed	fixed oil	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
seed	fixed oil	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
seed	Fatty oil obtained from the ripe seeds by expression or extraction. It is then refined.	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
seed	refined fixed oil obtained from the seed	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
semillas maduras		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Sesamum mulayanum N.C.Nair Bull. Bot. Surv. India 5: 251 (1964).
Sesamum orientale L. Sp. Pl.: 634 (1753), nom. rej.
Anthadenia sesamoides Lem. Hort. Vanhoutt. 1(1): 4 (1845).
Sesamum africanum Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1866: 34 (1867).
Sesamum auriculatum C.Presl Isis (Oken) 21: 275 (1828).
Sesamum brasiliense Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 264 (1829).
Sesamum edule Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 769 (1821), nom. nud.
Sesamum foetidum Afzel. ex Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 156 (1894).
Sesamum hopkinsii Suess. Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 43: 47 (1951).
Sesamum indicum var. grandidentatum DC. Pl. Rar. Jard. Genève: 18 (1825).
Sesamum indicum var. integerrimum Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 115 (1903).
Sesamum indicum subsp. malabaricum (Burm.) Bedigian Novon 23: 6 (2014).
Sesamum indicum var. subdentatum DC. Pl. Rar. Jard. Genève: 18 (1825).
Sesamum indicum var. subindivisum DC. Pl. Rar. Jard. Genève: 18 (1825).
Sesamum luteum Retz. Observ. Bot. 6: 31 (1791).
Sesamum malabaricum Burm. Fl. Malab.: 4 (1769).
Sesamum occidentalis Heer & Regel Index Seminum (Z, Turicensis) 1842: ? (1842).
Sesamum oleiferum Moench Suppl. Meth.: 174 (1802), nom. superfl.
Sesamum somalense Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 343 (1932).
Sesamum tavakarii M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 3B: 463 (2001).
Sesamum trifoliatum Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 3 (1768).
Strobilanthes gentiliana H.Lév. Bull. Soc. Agric. Sarthe, sér. 2, 44: 479 (1914).
Volkameria orientalis (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 482 (1891).
Volkameria orientalis var. indica (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 481 (1891).
Volkameria sesamoides (Lem.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 482 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Seasamum indicum	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Sesamum incicum L.	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Sesamum indicum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Sesamum indicum D.C.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Sesamum indicum L.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sesamum indicum L., nom. cons.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Sesamum indicum Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Sesamum indicum Linne	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
Sesamum indicum Linné	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Sesamum mulayanum Nair	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sesamum orientale	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Sesamum orientale L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998)
Sesamum orientale Linn	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Sesamum orientale Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Sesamum orientate L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sesamun indicum L.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

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