✿Pedaliaceae · Sesamum
Peerel / Indian Sesame Oil Plant
Sesamum laciniatum
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Flowering
- August-December
How to identify Peerel
Identify Peerel by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Deeply cut, finely divided leaves.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-December.
- Confirm it sits within the Pedaliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Peerel.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sesamum laciniatum
- Genus
- Sesamum
- Family
- Pedaliaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, Grassy slopes and waste places
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- பேரெள் Peerel
About Peerel
Indian Sesame Oil Plant (Sesamum laciniatum) is a herb in the Pedaliaceae family. It grows in deciduous forests, Grassy slopes and waste places. Flowering and fruiting run from August to December.
Botanical family
Pedaliaceae
Pedalium Or Sesame Family
Peerel belongs to the Pedaliaceae family.
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