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UKT: Nagathein references are given to check the Burmese-Myanmar names. * shows where there is no agreement in Burmese name but when the plant is identifiable from botanical name.
{nham:} Sesamum indicum L. 2-179
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KS-TMN 182
Identification characters:
An erect herb, pubescent. Leaves opposite, the uppermost alternate, simple;
exstipulate; petiolate, the petioles of upper leaves short, the lower ones as
long as laminae; laminae lanceolate or oblong, the uppermost linear, uncut, the
middle ones ovate, toothed, the lower irregularly lobed or pedatifid, the bases
obtuse, cuneate or rounded, the margins entire, the tips acute, the surfaces
glabrous. Inflorescences solitary cymes, axillary. Flowers bracteate,
ebracteolate, pedicellate, bisexual, zygomorphic, pentamerous, hypogynous. Calyx
synsepalous, 5-lobed, the tube short, the lobes lanceolate, small. Corolla
synpetalous, 5-lobed, tubular-ventricose, obscurely 2-lipped, the lobes
orbicular, the tube base subgibbous, white with reddish purple or yellow marks.
Androecium polyandrous, stamens 4, didynamous, epipetalous, inserted, the
anthers dithecous, oblongoid, introrse, dehiscence longitudinal. Pistil 1,
2-carpelled, syncarpous, 2-locule, or 4-loculed due to false septation when
young, the placentation axile, the ovules 2 in each locule, the style filiform,
the stigma 2-lobed. Fruit a loculicidal capsule, oblongoid, unarmed, 2-valved,
dehiscing half-way down or sometimes to the base or ultimately 4-valved,
scabrid-pilose; seeds numerous, obliquely oblongoid, smooth, endosperm thin and
fleshy.
Flowering period: May-June
Fruiting period: July-August
Distribution: Planted throughout Myanmar
Parts used and uses: Leaves and seeds -- Galactagogue;
Expectorant; Heal sores; Biliousness; Carminative; Skin disease; Tooth-ache;
Good for hair growth; Gives energy. Leaf juice -- Lithiasis; Head-ache;
Prevents growth of grey hair. Seed oil -- Amenorrhoea; Prevents bleeding
of haemorrhoids. Ground seed -- Antidote for spider toxin.
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