Botanical Family · Lamiales

Pedaliaceae

Pedalium Or Sesame Family

6 speciesOrder Lamiales4+ well-known plants

The Pedaliaceae family (Pedalium Or Sesame Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Lamiales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 6 species across 3 genera. Its members are predominantly herbs. Well-represented genera include Sesamum, Martynia and Pedalium. Several members are valued in traditional medicine. Familiar examples include Devils'claw, Teeth dropping Plant and Wingseed Sesame.

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Representative specimen · Pedaliaceae

Key pattern

Opposite, often glandular-hairy leaves on herbs with mucilaginous sap; bilaterally symmetrical, tubular flowers resemble small foxgloves and ripen into a distinctive fruit armed with hooked spines or horns.

Sesame, the family's best-known member, packs its seeds with unusually stable, oxidation-resistant oil — one reason sesame oil has remained a staple cooking and preservation oil for millennia.

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Notable members

Devils'claw, Tiger Claw, Snake's HeadMartynia annuaTeeth Dropping Plant, Large Caltrops, Bara GokhuruPedalium murexWingseed SesameSesamum alatumSesame, Gingelly Oil, Gingelly, Beniseed, Gingelly, SimsimSesamum indicum

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