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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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

Activities

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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
Vertigo China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Vertigo China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Wart China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Wound Java *