Pedaliaceae FAMILY

Sesamum alatum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sesamum alatum is an erect, annual plant with a stem up to 1.5 metres tall that can be unbranched or sparsely branched[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is mainly harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is often allowed to grow in fields amongst other crops and it is cultivated as a food crop in Ghana, E Sudan and Angola[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - widely distributed in the drier areas if Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia and south to S. Africa.

HabitatDry savannah; it is often common around villages and is sometimes tolerated as a weed in fields[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. It is often found on sandy soils, in river beds, grassland and open bushland, or as a weed in fields, often in cultivated sesame[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].