Sesamum alatum

Taxonavigation

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

Sesamum alatum Thonn., 1827

Homotypic
- Sesamopteris alata (Thonn.) DC. ex Meisn. in Pl. Vasc. Gen. 2: 206 (1839)
- Volkameria alata (Thonn.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 482 (1891)
Homotypic
- Sesamum ekambaramii Naidu in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 51: 698 (1953)
- Sesamum gracile Endl. in Linnaea 7: 10 (1832)
- Sesamum pterospermum R.Br. ex Guill. in J.B.G.Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 15: 391 (1829)
- Sesamum rostratum Hochst. in Flora 24(1, Intelligenzbl.): 43 (1841), nom. nud.
- Sesamum sabulosum A.Chev. in Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 229 (1913), nom. nud.
- Simsimum rostratum Bernh. in Linnaea 16: 42 (1842)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional:Western Africa
  - Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Western Sahara
- Regional:Central Africa
  - Caprivi Strip, Chad, Mali, Niger, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Regional:Northern Africa
  - Egypt
- Regional:Eastern Africa
  - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan
- Regional:Southern Africa
  - KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland
- Introduced into:
  - India

Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Sesamum alatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Sesamum alatum. Published online. Accessed: March 23 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. Sesamum alatum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 23. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Sesamum alatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 March 2025.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sesamum alatum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

العربية: سمسم جناحي
English: winged-seed sesame