Sesamum indicum

flowering plant cultivated for its edible seeds
Taxon taxon Q2763698
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Sesamum indicum

Summary

Sesamum indicum is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.22% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,405 views/month, #435 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sesamum indicum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sesamum indicum is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Sesamum indicum is classified within Sesamum[5].
  • Sesamum indicum's scientific name is Sesamum indicum[6].
  • Sesamum indicum is a type of useful plant[7].
  • Sesamum indicum is a type of Pedaliaceae[8].
  • Sesamum indicum is used for medicinal plant[9].
  • Sesamum indicum is used for food[10].
  • Sesamum indicum is used for spice[11].
  • Sesamum indicum is used for dye[12].
  • Sesamum indicum is used for fiber[13].
  • Sesamum indicum is used for nectar source[14].
  • Sesamum indicum's Commons category is recorded as Sesamum indicum[15].
  • Sesamum indicum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sesame[16].
  • Sesamum indicum's Commons gallery is recorded as Sesamum indicum[17].
  • Sesamum indicum's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[18].
  • Sesamum indicum's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[19].
  • Sesamum indicum's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[20].
  • Sesamum indicum's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Sesamum indicum's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[22].
  • Sesamum indicum's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 69[23].
  • Sesamum indicum's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • Sesamum indicum's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[25].
  • Sesamum indicum's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=33749[26].
  • Sesamum indicum's this taxon is source of is recorded as sesame oil[27].

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Classification

Sesamum indicum's scientific name is Sesamum indicum[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Sesamum[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '胡麻'}[28], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'öljyseesami'}[29], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '芝麻'}[30], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '胡麻'}[31], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '脂麻'}[32], and {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '油麻'}[33].

Identifiers

Sesamum indicum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 285850[34]. Sesamum indicum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4182[35]. Sesamum indicum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 484896[36]. Sesamum indicum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3172622[37]. Sesamum indicum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 34431[38].

Why It Matters

Sesamum indicum ranks in the top 0.22% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,405 views/month, #435 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [35] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [38] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [36] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [37] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  36. [34] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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