Sesamum indicum
Common name (English)
Sesame
Common name (Greek)
Σισάμι, Σουσάμι
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Habitat detail
Based on Georgiades (1995).
Establishment status
Establishment status detail
Alien: Naturalized non-invasive. Cultivated on a limited scale on Cyprus - Meikle notes several locations where it has been collected, without stating whether it was naturalised (Dhali, Lapithos, Soli, Morphou & Kyrenia).
First detection year
1862
Impacts
Economically important crop plant.
Pathway detail
Cultivated since ancient times.
References
Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.
Della A, Iatrou G (1995) New plant records from Cyprus. Kew Bulletin 50: 387-396.
Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.