Sesame

Scientific name : Sesamum indicum L.

Local name: ‘Til’

Taxonomic position According to Cronquist (1988)

Kingdom         : Plantae
Division           : Magnoliophyta
Class               :Magnoliopsida

Subclass : Rosidae

Order : Scrophulariales

Family : Pedaliaceae

Genus :Sesamum

Species :S. indicum

Fig. Sesame Field

Botanical Description (brief)

Habit: Annual herb

Root: tap root system

Stem: an erect herb

Leaf: simple, petiolated

Inflorsence: solitary, axillary

Flower: complete, zygomorphic

Fig. Sesame Flower

Calyx: sepal 5 polysepalous

Corolla: petal 5 united the base

Androecium: stamen 4, epipetalous

Gynoecium: ovary superior, carpel 2, syncarpous

Fig. Sesame Fruit

Fruit: capsule

Fig. Sesame Seeds

Chromosome number: 2n=26

Economic importance: seeds are edible, used for different food items, sesame oil is edible.

Table 1. Sesame varieties released by BINA, Mymensingh and BARI, Joydebpur Bangladesh