Details for: PI 250103, Sesamum indicum L., Simsim

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Sesamum indicum L.

Top Name:

Simsim

Origin:

Collected – Egypt

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

30 Jul 1958

PI Assigned:

1958

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

166
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	50 count		PI 250103 01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Sesamum indicum L.

Top Name:

Simsim

Origin:

Collected – Egypt

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

30 Jul 1958

PI Assigned:

1958

Source History

Collected

Egypt

Donated

30 July 1958.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

Knowles, P.F., Crops Research Division - USDA-ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

Simsim

Type: Local name

K1004

Type: Collector identifier

Narrative

Sesamum indicum L.

Genus:

Sesamum

Family:

Pedaliaceae

Nomen number:

33749

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:634. 1753, nom. cons.

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358655

Comment:

conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonym (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.4 & App. IV) Sesamum orientale
first united with S. orientale L. by DC., Pl. rar. jard. Geneve 16-19. 1825, satisfying Shenzhen ICN Art. 11.5, despite arguments in Taxon 38:656-659. 1989

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

12/05/1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Sesamum indicum L. subsp. indicum (0 active accession[s])
Sesamum indicum L. subsp. malabaricum (Burm.) Bedigian (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sesamum orientale L.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	beniseed		1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
English	benneseed		1	Magness, J. R. et al. 1971. Food and feed crops of the United States. IR Bull. 1
English	benniseed		1	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
English	sesame		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	sésame		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India	gingelly		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India	til		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	sesamo		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji	goma		2	Batra, L. R. 1995. Names of Japanese plants sorted by their Japanese names in Romanized Katakana and scientific nomenclature
Portuguese	gergelim		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	gimgelim		2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Spanish	ajonjolí		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	sésamo		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swahili	simsim		2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Swahili	ufuta		2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Swahili	wangila		2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Swedish	sesam		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	hu ma		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Transcribed Chinese	zhi ma		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	chamkkae		2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:129.
unknown	beni	as Sesamum orientale	2	Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. Note: = Sesamum orientale L.
unknown	benne		2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
CHEMICAL	Palmitate (16:0)	Palmitate (16:0) methyl ester percentage	8.74	SESAME.COLLECTION.FATTY.ACID.2024		Not Available
CHEMICAL	Stearate (18:0)	Stearate (18:0) methyl ester percentage	4.91	SESAME.COLLECTION.FATTY.ACID.2024		Not Available
CHEMICAL	Oleate (18:1)	Oleate (18:1) methyl ester percentage	38.91	SESAME.COLLECTION.FATTY.ACID.2024		Not Available
CHEMICAL	Linoleate (18:2)	Linoleate (18:2) methyl ester percentage	45.91	SESAME.COLLECTION.FATTY.ACID.2024		Not Available
CHEMICAL	Arachidate (20:0)	Arachidate (20:0) methyl ester percentage	0.58	SESAME.COLLECTION.FATTY.ACID.2024		Not Available
CHEMICAL	Eicosenoate (20:1)	Eicosenoate (20:1) methyl ester percentage	0.19	SESAME.COLLECTION.FATTY.ACID.2024		Not Available
CHEMICAL	Behenate (22:0)	Behenate (22:0) methyl ester percentage	0.13	SESAME.COLLECTION.FATTY.ACID.2024		Not Available
CHEMICAL	Lignocerate (24:0)	Lignocerate (24:0) methyl ester percentage	0.08	SESAME.COLLECTION.FATTY.ACID.2024		Not Available
CHEMICAL	Palmitoleate (16:1)	Palmitoleate (16:1) methyl ester percentage	0.15	SESAME.COLLECTION.FATTY.ACID.2024		Not Available
CHEMICAL	Oil Percentage	Oil Percentage	58.56	SESAME.COLLECTION.FATTY.ACID.2024		Not Available
CHEMICAL	Linolenate (18:3)	Linolenate (18:3) methyl ester percentage	0.43	SESAME.COLLECTION.FATTY.ACID.2024		Not Available
GROWTH	Plant height	Plant height in decimeters	15	S9.SESAME	PI 250103 01 SD
GROWTH	Plant height	Plant height in decimeters	15	S9.SESAME.2003	PI 250103 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed Coat Color	Seed Coat Color	Br/T - Brown/Tan	S9.SESAME.2024		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight	Weight of 100 seeds in grams	0.38	SESAME.COLLECTION.FATTY.ACID.2024		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Capsule length	Capsule length	2 - Medium	S9.SESAME	PI 250103 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Capsule length	Capsule length	2 - Medium	S9.SESAME.2003	PI 250103 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Capsules per axil	Number of fruiting capsules per axil	1 - One	S9.SESAME	PI 250103 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Capsules per axil	Number of fruiting capsules per axil	1 - One	S9.SESAME.2003	PI 250103 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Plant color	Mature plant color	1 - Green	S9.SESAME.2003	PI 250103 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Plant color	Mature plant color	2 - Yellow	S9.SESAME	PI 250103 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Locules	Number of locules per fruiting capsule	4 - Four locules	S9.SESAME	PI 250103 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Locules	Number of locules per fruiting capsule	4 - Four locules	S9.SESAME.2003	PI 250103 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed size	Relative seed size	5 - Medium	S9.SESAME	PI 250103 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Seed size	Relative seed size	5 - Medium	S9.SESAME.2003	PI 250103 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed color	Color of seeds	2 - Brown	S9.SESAME	PI 250103 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Seed color	Color of seeds	9 - Variable	S9.SESAME.2003	PI 250103 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stalk strength	Relative strength of plant stalks	1 - Strong	S9.SESAME	PI 250103 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stalk strength	Relative strength of plant stalks	2 - Weak	S9.SESAME.2003	PI 250103 02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem type	Stem type (branched or unbranched)	1 - Branched	S9.SESAME	PI 250103 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Stem type	Stem type (branched or unbranched)	1 - Branched	S9.SESAME.2003	PI 250103 02 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Relative time of plant maturation	1 - Early season	S9.SESAME	PI 250103 01 SD
PHENOLOGY	Maturity	Relative time of plant maturation	5 - Mid season	S9.SESAME.2003	PI 250103 02 SD	Not Available