- Family:
- Pedaliaceae R.Br.
- Genus:
- Sesamum L.
Sesamum triphyllum Welw. ex Asch.

[FZ]
Pedaliaceae, H. D. Ihlenfeldt. Flora Zambesiaca 8:3. 1988
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect annual herb, 0.25–2 m. high, bushy or simple-stemmed; glabrous except for the mucilage glands.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves heteromorphic; the inferior 3–foliate or 3–partite, sometimes with 1–2 additional irregular lateral segments, central lobe longest, 2–10 cm. long, with the leaflets or segments up to 2 cm. broad; superior leaves simple.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries
- Extra-floral nectaries (in the Flora Zambesiaca area) usually single.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx deciduous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla 2.5–4 cm. long, more or less funnel-shaped, mauve.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsules oblong in lateral view, abaxially gibbous at the base, c. 40 x 5–7 mm.; beak 6–8 mm. long, distinctly bent outwards (TAB. 23 fig. F); loculi sometimes with inconspicuous ribs.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds more or less horizontal in the loculi, about 2.5 mm. x 1.7 mm.; wings, especially the two basal ones, inconspicuous; testa faveolate (TAB. 25. fig. F2).
Native to:
Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
- English
- Rain gauge, Wild sesame
Sesamum triphyllum Welw. ex Asch. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Aug 29, 2008 | Crawford, F. [194], Namibia | K000450275 | No | ||
Aug 29, 2008 | Crawford, F. [194], Namibia | K000450274 | No | ||
Sep 27, 2005 | Fleck [274a], Namibia | K000020007 | Yes |
First published in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 185 (1888)
Accepted by
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Launert, E. (ed.) (1988). Flora Zambesiaca 8(3): 1-118. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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