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Sesamum indicum

Common Name
Bijan; Ajonjoli; Hoholi; Sesame; Jijiri; Hu Ma; Kundij; Haholi; Susam; Ch'Ing Jang; Simsim; Jungeoline; Hei Yu Ma; Goma; Pai Yu Ma; Lenga; Tila; Wijen; Jojoli; Ma K'U Ping; Ooli; Kunji

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Abortifacient Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Abortive Malaya *
Ache(Ear) Ethiopia *
Alopecia Elsewhere *
Aperient Elsewhere *
Aphrodisiac Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Bechic Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Bladder Elsewhere *
Burn Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Cancer Germany Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Catarrh Elsewhere *
Catarrh Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Cold Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cold(Head) China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Colic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Constipation China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Constipation China Lost Crops of the Incas.