Sesamum indicum
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https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.55.10 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F3617D5F-A87A-FFA6-FC98-F96EFD07FD2F |
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Felipe |
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Sesamum indicum |
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Sesamum indicum View in CoL L.
A Au(A): Austria: Burgenland, district of Jennersdorf, Rudersdorf, Lahnbach floodplain in village, 16°07'15.83"E, 47°02'51.96"N, 242 m, large population but apparently only 1 plant flowering, 31 Aug 2024, Raabe (MSTR, det. N. Griebl). – This is the first evidence of an adventitious occurrence of this species in Austria. In the cited locality, it was accompanied by a plant of Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai , which is known from Austria as a scattered casual ( Fischer & al. 2008: 464). The nearest records of Sesamum indicum as a casual alien are from Croatia ( Nikolić 2020) and N Italy (FloraFaunaSüdtirol 2014+; Galasso & al. 2024). In Central Europe, S. indicum had been reported subspontaneously in 1925 for the port of Hamburg-Harburg ( Meyer 1955). This find is not included in the German checklist ( Hand & al. 2024). Sesamum indicum , as an economically important oilseed crop (sesame), is derived from S. malabaricum Burm. (≡ S. indicum subsp. malabaricum (Burm.) Bedigian ), native to India ( Bedigian 2015). Sesame was domesticated in S India in the 3 rd millennium BCE ( McCorriston 2006). From here it reached Arabia and Mesopotamia by human trade in the Bronze Age ( Bedigian & Harlan 1986). At present, the species is largely cultivated for its edible seeds and occurs naturalized, or as casual escape from cultivation, in tropical and subtropical regions around the world ( POWO 2024v).
U. Raabe & N. Griebl
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