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Ceratotheca sesamoides
''Ceratotheca sesamoides'' is a flowering plant in the genus ''Ceratotheca''. It is indigenous to Africa and grows both as a wild weed and locally cultivated species, and is colloquially referred to as false sesame owing to its marked similarities with common sesame (''Sesamum indicum''). The plant is most commonly cultivated in the African Savannah and other semi-arid areas on the continent and is found across Africa in both tropic and sub-tropic regions, usually growing in sandier soils south of the Sahara. It can be identified by numerous hairs on the stem, its pink flowers often replete with brown and purple dots and a sub-erect growth habit.〔 A plant with many practical uses, the leaves and flowers are often consumed as vegetables or used in sauces. The leaves can also have medicinal benefits while the seeds can be employed to produce cooking oil. Despite its many uses and growing domestication at a local level, the plant remains predominantly underused and undervalued.
==Description and geography==
A member of the Pedaliaceae family it is an annually flowering plant usually growing to around 60 cm but has been known to reach upwards of 100 cm. It is a slim upright herb with green leaves and pink, mauve or lilac flowers. The fruit produced by the plant is similar to that of ''Sesamum'' and is found in the form of a laterally flattened capsule with slender horns.〔 These horns distinguish it from ''Sesamum'' that lacks such a feature. False sesame is a dicot native to northern parts of West Africa but has spread across the continent from Senegal to Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and southwards to Botswana and Mozambique.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=152580. )〕
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