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  "family": "Pedaliaceae",
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      "scientific_name": "Sesamum abbreviatum",
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      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Sesamum alatum",
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    },
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      "scientific_name": "Sesamum angolense",
      "authorship": "Welw.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Sesamum angustifolium",
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      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Sesamum calycinum",
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      "slug": "sesamum-calycinum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum capense",
      "authorship": "Burm.f.",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sesamum-capense/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum celebicum",
      "authorship": "(Blume) Byng & Christenh.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Sesamum eriocarpum",
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      "photographs_found": 28,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sesamum-eriocarpum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum eugeniae",
      "authorship": "(F.Muell.) Byng & Christenh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000007580",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Sesamum forbesii",
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      "slug": "sesamum-forbesii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Sesamum imperatricis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Sesamum indicum",
      "authorship": "L.",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sesamum-indicum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum integribracteatum",
      "authorship": "(Engl.) Byng & Christenh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001423285",
      "slug": "sesamum-integribracteatum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Sesamum latifolium",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001091425",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum lepidotum",
      "authorship": "Schinz",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum marlothii",
      "authorship": "Engl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001091458",
      "slug": "sesamum-marlothii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum papillosum",
      "authorship": "(W.Fitzg.) Byng & Christenh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001423287",
      "slug": "sesamum-papillosum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum parviflorum",
      "authorship": "Seidenst.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001271360",
      "slug": "sesamum-parviflorum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum pedalioides",
      "authorship": "Welw. ex Hiern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000496469",
      "slug": "sesamum-pedalioides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum prostratum",
      "authorship": "Retz.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000497034",
      "slug": "sesamum-prostratum",
      "photographs_found": 22,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sesamum-prostratum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum radiatum",
      "authorship": "Thonn. ex Hornem.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000496465",
      "slug": "sesamum-radiatum",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sesamum-radiatum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum reniforme",
      "authorship": "(Abels) Byng & Christenh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001423286",
      "slug": "sesamum-reniforme",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum rigidum",
      "authorship": "Peyr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000496467",
      "slug": "sesamum-rigidum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum rosaceum",
      "authorship": "(Engl.) J.C.Manning & Magee",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001331111",
      "slug": "sesamum-rosaceum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum saxicola",
      "authorship": "(E.A.Bruce) Byng & Christenh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001423275",
      "slug": "sesamum-saxicola",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum schinzianum",
      "authorship": "Asch.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000496461",
      "slug": "sesamum-schinzianum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum senecioides",
      "authorship": "(Klotzsch) Byng & Christenh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001423274",
      "slug": "sesamum-senecioides",
      "photographs_found": 53,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sesamum-senecioides/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum sesamoides",
      "authorship": "(Endl.) Byng & Christenh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001423295",
      "slug": "sesamum-sesamoides",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sesamum-sesamoides/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum trilobum",
      "authorship": "(Bernh.) Byng & Christenh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001423283",
      "slug": "sesamum-trilobum",
      "photographs_found": 498,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sesamum-trilobum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum triphyllum",
      "authorship": "Welw. ex Asch.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000497033",
      "slug": "sesamum-triphyllum",
      "photographs_found": 30,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sesamum-triphyllum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sesamum zanguebarium",
      "authorship": "(Lour.) Byng & Christenh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001423278",
      "slug": "sesamum-zanguebarium",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    }
  ],
  "evidence_gate": {
    "rule": "at least 3 photographs licensed for commercial use",
    "rationale": "This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species below the gate is listed here rather than given a page of its own."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "World Flora Online Plant List",
      "note": "accepted names, authorities, classification",
      "license": "CC0",
      "url": "https://www.worldfloraonline.org/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-12"
    }
  ],
  "license": {
    "data": "CC BY 4.0",
    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/sesamum/"
  }
}