Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Sesamum indicum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced7 Source not recorded9 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 634 (1753)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Sesame	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Indian Subcontinent	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	55 cm	55 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 60, 236, 882, 918	Sourced
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 918	Sourced
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 443, 879	Sourced
Foliage texture	fine	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 443, 879	Sourced
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Maximum height	145 cm	145 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 60, 236, 882, 918	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 236, 443, 460, 879, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 445	Not on the record

Sesamum indicum L., 1753 22% complete

Sesame

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