Pedaliaceae

Sesamum indicum

Sesamum L. Sesamum indicum L. Ömür: Tek yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 7 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 8 Habitat: kültür, kültürden kaçan Minimum yükseklik: -1 Maksimum yükseklik: -1 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: KB. Türkiye, B., G. ve KD. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Eski Dünya Bulunduğu kareler:A1 B1 B9 C2 C6

S. indicum L., Sp. PI. 634 (1753). Syn: 5. orientate L., loc. cit. (1753). Ic: Bot. Mag. 41 : t. 1688 (1814); Zhukovsky, op. cit. f. 230-232 (1933). Erect glandular-pubescent annual herb, foetid. Stem often branched, 30-150 cm. Leaves petiolate, subentire; lower opposite, ovate to narrowly rhombic, with short axillary branchlets; upper alternate, lanceolate to linear. Flowers arising singly in axils of upper leaves, pedicels 2-5 mm. Calyx lobes lanceolate. Corolla white, fading light mauve, 2.5-3-5 cm. Capsule c. 7 x 30 mm, erect. Seeds obovate, narrowly marginate, 2.5-3 mm, finely reticulate. Fl. 7-8. Cultivated widely in Turkey, and occasionally escaping. Described from India (Hb. Linn. 802/3, photo!). Cultivated in N.W. Turkey, W., S. &N.E. Anatolia & Islands. A1(E) Tekirdağ: Malkara to Keşan, nr Malkara, T.Baytop (lSTE 20721). Bl Manisa: nr Sardes (Sardis), Boiss. Çanakkale: Troas (Truva), Calvert. B9 Kars: 9 km from lğdir to Kars, Hewitt 327! C2 Muğla: Fethiye, Küçükkargi,N.. & M. Tanker (İSTE 8265). C6 Hatay: Alexandrette (lskenderun), Meincke 143. Is: Bozca, d'Urv.; Rodhos, Fiori. Native to the Old World tropics, exact area unknown (possibly Africa); widely cultivated for its oil-yielding seeds (Sesame, in Turkish 'Susam') used in making Halva and sprinkled on bread-rolls ('Simit').