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Annual or perennial, erect herbs. Leaves variable; lamina ranging from entire to digitate. Flowers solitary in the axils with prominent extra-floral nectaries at the base. Corolla white, pink dark red or purple; limb ± 2-lobed. Fruit a dehiscent non-woody capsule, beaked at the apex, but without sideways-directed horns. Seeds winged or with a double, rarely single, edge. Derivation of name: Greek and Latin name for the edible Sesame Worldwide: 15 species in the tropical Old World and South Africa DRC: 6 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| angolense Welw. | Description, Image | |
| angustifolium (Oliv.) Engl. | ||
| calycinum Welw. subsp. calycinum | ||
| indicum L. | Description | |
| parviflorum Seidenst. | ||
| radiatum Thonn. ex Hornem. | Image |
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