Sesamum senecioides(Klotzsch) Byng & Christenh.

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WFO wfo-0001423274 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sesamum senecioides, photographed by Noeleen du Toit
fig. a Noeleen du Toit, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-04-04 / obs. 186356722
Sesamum senecioides, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 138520720
Sesamum senecioides, photographed by James Deacon
fig. c James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115895163
Sesamum senecioides, photographed by Kelly Abram
fig. d Kelly Abram, CC0 1.0 / obs. 176261777
Sesamum senecioides, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. e Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 15754782
Sesamum senecioides, photographed by Ryan Donnelly
fig. f Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199777397
Sesamum senecioides, photographed by Benjamin Fredlund
fig. g Benjamin Fredlund, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195030621
Sesamum senecioides, photographed by Ricus Nel
fig. h Ricus Nel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194274878

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Sesamum senecioides is native: Botswana, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe BotswanaEswatiniMalawiMozambiqueNorthern ProvincesZimbabwe
Native distribution of Sesamum senecioides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Botswana BOT AFRICA
Eswatini SWZ
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Northern Provinces TVL
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Dicerocaryum senecioides (Klotzsch) Abels
  • Dicerocaryum senecioides subsp. senecioides
  • Dicerocaryum senecioides subsp. transvaalense Abels
  • Pretrea artemisiifolia Klotzsch
  • Pretrea loasifolia Klotzsch
  • Pretrea senecioides Klotzsch

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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