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'''Sesame''' is a variable, erect, annual plant hat can grow from 1 - 3 metres tall. Plants can be branched or unbranched. The root system has a strongly tapering taproot up to 90cm long. The plant has been cultivated for its edible seed and oil since at least 2,000 BC, and is still widely grown in tropical and warm temperate zones
==Uses==
{{Uses|Infant cholera}}, {{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Catarr}}, {{Uses|Bladder}}, {{Uses|kidneys problems}}, {{Uses| Liver problems}}, {{Uses|Premature hair loss}}, {{Uses|Greying of hair}}, {{Uses|Convalescence}}, {{Uses|Chronic dry constipation}}, {{Uses|Dental caries}}, {{Uses|Osteoporosis}}, {{Uses|Stiff joints}}, {{Uses|Dry cough}}, {{Uses|Haemorrhoids}}, {{Uses|Ulcer}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Coughs}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}.
==Chemical Composition==
<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=achhellu, ellu, kari ellu|ml=karuellu|sa=snehaphala, tila, tilaha, tilataila|ta=caralam, caralam, carali, caralicceti, cinekapalacceti|te=gubbulu, guvvulu,|hi=tir|en=gingelly, sesame}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Paripinnate|Oblong|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
Sesame can be grown from the warm temperate zone to the tropics, so long as there is a growing season of at least 5 months. In the tropics it can be grown at elevations up to 1,500 metres.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|tropical region}}, {{Commonly seen|plain region}}, {{Commonly seen|along roadsides}}, {{Commonly seen|along waste lands}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">["Chemistry"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[ "Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Sesamum+indicum"Cultivation detail"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
[[Category:Herbs]]
'''Sesame''' is a variable, erect, annual plant hat can grow from 1 - 3 metres tall. Plants can be branched or unbranched. The root system has a strongly tapering taproot up to 90cm long. The plant has been cultivated for its edible seed and oil since at least 2,000 BC, and is still widely grown in tropical and warm temperate zones
==Uses==
{{Uses|Infant cholera}}, {{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Catarr}}, {{Uses|Bladder}}, {{Uses|kidneys problems}}, {{Uses| Liver problems}}, {{Uses|Premature hair loss}}, {{Uses|Greying of hair}}, {{Uses|Convalescence}}, {{Uses|Chronic dry constipation}}, {{Uses|Dental caries}}, {{Uses|Osteoporosis}}, {{Uses|Stiff joints}}, {{Uses|Dry cough}}, {{Uses|Haemorrhoids}}, {{Uses|Ulcer}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Coughs}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}.
==Chemical Composition==
<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=achhellu, ellu, kari ellu|ml=karuellu|sa=snehaphala, tila, tilaha, tilataila|ta=caralam, caralam, carali, caralicceti, cinekapalacceti|te=gubbulu, guvvulu,|hi=tir|en=gingelly, sesame}}
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
===Veerya===
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Paripinnate|Oblong|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
Sesame can be grown from the warm temperate zone to the tropics, so long as there is a growing season of at least 5 months. In the tropics it can be grown at elevations up to 1,500 metres.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|tropical region}}, {{Commonly seen|plain region}}, {{Commonly seen|along roadsides}}, {{Commonly seen|along waste lands}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">["Chemistry"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[ "Morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Sesamum+indicum"Cultivation detail"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
[[Category:Herbs]]
