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Sesame (; Sesamum indicum) is a plant in the genus Sesamum, also called benne. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cultivated for its edible seeds, which grow in pods. World production in 2018 was , with Sudan, Myanmar, and India as the largest producers.

Pedaliaceae, the pedalium family or sesame family, is a flowering plant family classified in the order Lamiales. The family includes sesame (Sesamum indicum), the source of sesame seeds.

Sesamum is a genus of 31 species in the flowering plant family Pedaliaceae. The plants are annual or perennial herbs with edible seeds. The best-known member of the genus is sesame, Sesamum indicum (syn. Sesamum orientale), the source of sesame seeds. The species are primarily African, with some species occurring in India, Sri Lanka, and China. The origin of S. indicum is uncertain, as it is widely cultivated and naturalized in tropical regions.

thumb|Dry fruit of H. procumbens - MHNT right|thumb| thumb|upright|San people|San man collecting devil's claw in [[Namibia (2017)]] Harpagophytum ( ), also called grapple plant, wood spider, and most commonly '''devil's claw''', is a genus of plants in the sesame family, native to southern Africa. Plants of the genus owe their common name "devil's claw" to the peculiar appearance of their hooked fruit. Several species of North American plants in the genus Proboscidea and certain species of Pisonia, however, are also known by this name. Devil's claw's tuberous roots are used in folk medicine to

Uncarina, also called succulent sesame, mousetrap plant, or local names include farehitra or farehitsy, is a genus of semi-succulent flowering plants in the Pedaliaceae (the sesame family) found in Madagascar. As most species within the genus are inhabitants of dry, semi-arid or seasonally-dry regions, many mature into water-storing pachycauls, or "caudiciformes"—a common colloquial term to describe plants that normally inhabit drier climates and develop a large, woody base, or "foot", known as a caudex. In these species, a plant's lower half gradually accumulates and stores water (similarly t

Sesamothamnus is a genus of plant in the family Pedaliaceae. The genus is found from Ethiopia to South Africa.

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Linariopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Pedaliaceae.

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Pedalium is a genus of plant in the Pedaliaceae family comprising one species, Pedalium murex. It is distributed in tropical Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

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Pedaliodiscus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Pedaliaceae. The only species is Pedaliodiscus macrocarpus.

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