Sesame
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sesame-162-165197
title:
Sesame
text:
Sesame is a plant in the genus Sesamum, also called simsim, benne or gingelly. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cultivated for its edible seeds, which grow in pods. World production in 2018 was 6Â million tonnes, with Sudan, Myanmar, and India as the largest producers. Sesame seed is one of the oldest oilseed crops known, domesticated well over 3,000 years ago. Sesamum has many other species
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Plant cultivated for its edible seeds
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame
date created:
2002-09-08T21:03:14Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T13:39:08Z
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13
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