Taxon:  Sesamum angustifolium (Oliv.) Engl.



Summary
Genus:
Sesamum
Family:
Pedaliaceae
Nomen number:
33747
Place of publication:
H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C:365.  1895
Verified:
04/02/2020 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Sesamum indicum L. var. angustifolium Oliv.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Flora of central Africa (on-line resource).
  2. African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
  3. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  4. Ashri, A. 1998. Sesame breeding. Pl. Breed. Rev. 16:179-228.
  5. Bedigian, D. 2004. Slimy leaves and oily seeds: distribution and use of wild relatives of sesame in Africa. Econ. Bot. 58(Suppl):S3-S33. Note: this review comments on common names in different countries of tropical Africa; it is occasionally cultivated
  6. Bedigian, D. 2010. Chapter 2. Cultivated sesame and wild relatives in the genus Sesamum L. In: Bedigian, D., The genus Sesamum 34-77.
  7. Nimmakayala, P. et al. 2011. Chapter 16. Sesamum. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, oilseeds 261-273. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14871-2_16.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  Flora of central Africa (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  Flora of central Africa (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  Flora of central Africa (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  Flora of central Africa (on-line resource).
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Rwanda
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia

Reference(s)
  1. Flora of central Africa (on-line resource).
  2. African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetablepotential, famine food collected from the wildBedigian, D. 2010. Chapter 2. Cultivated sesame and wild relatives in the genus Sesamum L. In: Bedigian, D., The genus Sesamum 34-77.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=33747. Accessed 8 October 2026.