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Botanical record

Sesamum indicum

Sesamum indicum is recorded under 2 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Yoruba and unspecified language.

Accepted botanical name
Sesamum indicum
Names as published
Sesamum indicum and Sesamum indicum L.
Common English
Sesame
Parts reported
seed and root
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 3172622 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-08-13

Local names recorded for Sesamum indicum

Sanko uses this survey for its published name mapping and reported plant parts only. The subject the survey investigated is not a therapeutic claim about this plant.

Local nameLanguageWhere recordedSource
Ekuku Gogoro Yoruba Alimosho, Badagry, Eti-Osa, Ijebu and Imota, Lagos State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical Survey of Local Flora Used for Medicinal Purposes among Indigenous People in Five Areas in Lagos State, Nigeria — Supplementary Table S1, row 148
Ulogbo unspecified language all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria Ethno medicinal survey of plants used by the indigenes of Rivers State of Nigeria — Table 1, row 135