Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sesamum indicum L. [Pedaliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abongra	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
accheellu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
achchellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
achhellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agbomankwin	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
ajonjoli	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
ajonjolí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
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 (RBG, 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
beniseed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
benne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
benneseed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
benniseed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, 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)
bijan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
biji wijen	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
black sesame	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chikhanu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, 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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
fineleaf schizonepeta spike	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fāng jīng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gandhaka ointment	Other	Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011)
gergelim	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
gilgilan	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
gimgelim	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gingelly	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gingelly sesame	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gingelly-oil seeds	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gingely-oil plant	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gingli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
goma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
grangasa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gubbulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guvvulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hamo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hei chih-ma	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
hmam-gyi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
hnan	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hu ma ren	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
hú má zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ikanyum	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, 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	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Tradit. 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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) 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)
lenga	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
linga	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lingo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
manchi tulasi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mayou	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
mfuta	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
min	Other	Pl. & 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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nallennay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
navvullu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nimso	Other	Pl. & 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 (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oleum sesami	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 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	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
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)
ranga	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
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 (RBG, Kew, 1999)
saltit gilgilan	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (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	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
sesam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sesame	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
sesame oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
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. (Anvisa, 2010)
sesami oleum raffinatum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
sesami orientalis semen	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
sesami semen	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sesamum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shiraj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shiraj (oil)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sim-sim	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
simmasim	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
simsim	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
simsim-ui-aswad	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sisino	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sisámi	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
smsm	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
snehapahla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
snehaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
snehphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
spica schizonepetae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
spica schizonepetae carbonisata	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
spri-nag	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sri tulasi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
surasa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
susam	Other	Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010)
sésame	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
sésamo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
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	Pl. & 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) 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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tila (seed)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tila oil	Other	Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 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 (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tulasi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tulsi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ufuha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ufunha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ufuta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uruellu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uvuta	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
white sesame	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
wijen	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
zhi ma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zhī má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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. (Anvisa, 2010)
σησάμι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
سمسم	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
مسمس	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
کنجد	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ཏིལ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
‫سمسم‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
ゴマ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
ゴマ油	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
巨勝	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
方茎	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
油麻	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
烏麻	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
白麻	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
胡麻	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
胡麻仁	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
胡麻子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
脂麻	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芝麻	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
麻油	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黑芝麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) 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. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Seed	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 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		Tradit. 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)
Seeds		Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011)
leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Seed		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
Seed	Oil	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Seeds	Seed oil	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
seeds, leaves		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
seeds	dry seeds	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
aerial part, bark, leaf, fruit		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
	oil	Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010)
seed, leaves	powdered seed, oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
seeds, leaves, roots	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
seed		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
seed	oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
fruit, leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
seed		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
seeds		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
seed		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
seeds		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	dried ripe seed	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. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
seed	oil	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 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)
seeds	oil	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

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

Sesamum hopkinsii Suess. Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 43: 47 (1951).
Sesamum indicum var. integerrimum Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 115 (1903).
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 indicum var. grandidentatum DC. Pl. Rar. Jard. Genève: 18 (1825).
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	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Sesamum hopkinsii Suess.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sesamum incicum L.	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Sesamum indicum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Sesamum indicum D.C.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Sesamum indicum L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) 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. (Anvisa, 2010) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) 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) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sesamum indicum L. intergerrimum Engl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sesamum indicum L., nom. cons.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Sesamum indicum Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011)
Sesamum indicum Linne	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
Sesamum indicum Linnie	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Sesamum indicum Linné	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Sesamum mulayanum Nair	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sesamum orientale	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Sesamum orientale L.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sesamum orientale Linn	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Sesamum orientale Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sesamum orientale Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Sesamum orientate L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sesamum orietale Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sesamun indicum	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sesamun indicum L.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

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