Sesamum, MLeal1205--Gabon. Prv. Ogooue-Iv. Lope, Ogooue Riv. 21 Apr 06. 504.jpg
Sesamum, MLeal1205--Gabon. Prv. Ogooue-Iv. Lope, Ogooue Riv. 21 Apr 06. 502.jpg
Sesamum, MLeal1205--Gabon. Prv. Ogooue-Iv. Lope, Ogooue Riv. 21 Apr 06. 498.jpg
Sesamum, MLeal1205--Gabon. Prv. Ogooue-Iv. Lope, Ogooue Riv. 21 Apr 06. 501.jpg
Sesamum, MLeal1205--Gabon. Prv. Ogooue-Iv. Lope, Ogooue Riv. 21 Apr 06. 494.jpg
Sesamum, MLeal1205--Gabon. Prv. Ogooue-Iv. Lope, Ogooue Riv. 21 Apr 06. 493.jpg
Sesamum, MLeal1205--Gabon. Prv. Ogooue-Iv. Lope, Ogooue Riv. 21 Apr 06. 500.jpg
Sesamum, MLeal1205--Gabon. Prv. Ogooue-Iv. Lope, Ogooue Riv. 21 Apr 06. 503.jpg
Sesamum, MLeal1205--Gabon. Prv. Ogooue-Iv. Lope, Ogooue Riv. 21 Apr 06. 499.jpg
Sesamum, MLeal1205--Gabon. Prv. Ogooue-Iv. Lope, Ogooue Riv. 21 Apr 06. 496.jpg
Sesamum, MLeal1205--Gabon. Prv. Ogooue-Iv. Lope, Ogooue Riv. 21 Apr 06. 492.jpg
Sesamum indicum--New York. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 19 July 2009. 008.jpg
Sesamum indicum--New York. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 19 July 2009. 007.jpg
Native to Assam, Bangladesh, India, West Himalaya; introduced into 122 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
United States, New York (Brooklyn Botanic Garden)
Location Remarks
1000 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Gabon, Moyen-Ogooue
0.81275, 10.500333
Location Remarks
Mabounie. Off route N1, ca. 41 km ESE of Lambarene, then left (c. N) at Lobi-Mbigou. Mine access road about half way to the river Ngounie (GPS is from the road terminus at the river). 92 m elev.
Collectors
Miguel E. Leal, Diosdado Nguema, Etienne Mounoumoulossi, Prance Bissiemou, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Pedaliaceae
Genus
Sesamum
Specific Epithet
indicum
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#278,312 of 335,497
Top 83%
Extinction probability
9%
