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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
Female Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Hair-Oil Elsewhere *
Hair-Tonic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hairblack China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Impotency China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Kidney China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Kidney Elsewhere *
Labor China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Labor Malaya *
Lactagogue Elsewhere *
Lactogogue Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Lactogogue Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Lactogogue Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Lactogogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Ladentifrice China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Laxative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Laxative China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Laxative Elsewhere *
Lenitive China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.