Sesamum triphyllum Welw. ex Asch.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River

Synonyms:	Sesamum gibbosum Bremek. & Oberm.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect annual herb, 25-200 cm. Leaves opposite, mostly 3-foliolate, upper leaves often simple; leaflets long and narrow, terminal leaflet longest. Extra-floral nectaries normally single. Flowers solitary in the upper leaf axils, mauve with a darker purple centre. Fruit a more or less oblong capsule, c. 40 × 6 mm, erect with an apical beak 6-8mm long, distinctly bent outwards.
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Derivation of specific name:	triphyllum: leaves with 3 leaflets or lobes
Habitat:	In grassland and along roadsides.
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Worldwide distribution:	Southern Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	M
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 7 May 2008
Literature:

African Plant Database: Sesamum triphyllum
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Sesamum triphyllum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Sesamum triphyllum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Sesamum triphyllum
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Sesamum triphyllum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sesamum triphyllum
JSTOR Plant Science: Sesamum triphyllum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Sesamum triphyllum
Tropicos: Sesamum triphyllum
West African Plants database: Sesamum triphyllum