Sesamum alatum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Pedaliaceae/Sesamum

At a glance

Occurrence records906

Data sources12

Biological traits20

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections1

Sources12 archives

Databases and archives Sesamum alatum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility906 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page7 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources20 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS29 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF906 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · NCBI1.6 Gbp

01Narrative

Sesamum alatum is a species of flowering plant in the Pedaliaceae. It is in the same genus as sesame. In English it is called winged-seed sesame. Its native range spans from Western Sahara to Egypt and south to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology6

Plant height1.5 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 1.5 m · TRY: 1 m

Plant height max1.5 m

Plant height min0.2 m

Seed mass1.94 mg

Seed mass max2.22 mg

Seed mass min1.52 mg

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formannual

Life spanannual

Raunkiær life formtherophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 450 m

Elevation min10 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Habitat GIFTsemi-desert grassland on river banks

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

03Chemical composition29 compounds

Compounds documented for Sesamum alatum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

🍽 Used in cooking

Compound class profile5 classes

Oleanane triterpenoids4

Stigmastane steroids3

Furofuranoid lignans3

Ergostane steroids $ Stigmastane steroids2

Cinnamic acids and derivatives $ Phenylethanoids2

Documented compounds29 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(1S,2R,4aS,4bR,5'R,6aR,8R,9R,10aR,10bR)-8-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-1,9-dihydroxy-4a,4b,7,7,10a-pentamethyl-5'-[(2S,3R)-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxybutan-2-yl]spiro[3,4,5,6,6a,8,9,10,10b,11-decahydro-1H-chrysene-2,3'-oxolane]-2'-one	present	LOTUS
(1S,2R,4aS,4bR,5'R,6aR,8R,9R,10aR,10bR)-8-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-1,9-dihydroxy-4a,4b,7,7,10a-pentamethyl-5'-[(2S,3R)-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxybutan-2-yl]spiro[3,4,5,6,6a,8,9,10,10b,11-decahydro-1H-chrysene-2,3'-oxolane]-2'-one	present	LOTUS
(1S,2R,4aS,4bR,5'R,6aR,8R,9R,10aR,10bR)-8-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-1,9-dihydroxy-5'-[(2S,3R)-3-hydroxybutan-2-yl]-4a,4b,7,7,10a-pentamethylspiro[3,4,5,6,6a,8,9,10,10b,11-decahydro-1H-chrysene-2,3'-oxolane]-2'-one	present	LOTUS
(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(1R,2R,4R,4aR,6S,8aR)-2,4-dihydroxy-4,8a-dimethyl-6-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8-octahydronaphthalen-1-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol	present	LOTUS
2-[(2R,4aR,8aS)-4a-methyl-8-methylidene-8a-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2,3,4,5,6,7-hexahydro-1H-naphthalen-2-yl]prop-2-enoic acid	present	LOTUS
2-[(2R,4aS,6S,8R,8aR)-8-hydroxy-4a,8-dimethyl-6-[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8a-octahydronaphthalen-2-yl]prop-2-enoic acid	present	LOTUS
24-Methylenecycloartan-3-ol	present	LOTUS
24-Methylenelophenol	present	LOTUS
5-Dehydroavenasterol	present	LOTUS
6-[(3S,3aR,6R,6aR)-6-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-1,3,3a,4,6,6a-hexahydrofuro[3,4-c]furan-3-yl]-4-methoxy-1,3-benzodioxole	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Sesamum alatum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes2

eDNA detections1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★matK★rbcLa

plant barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Sesamum alatum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size1 647 930 000 bp

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Sesamum alatum1.65 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 26 n = 13

Ploidy2× diploid · measured

Chromosome records26–262n range26median26mode5records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 265×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-fedorov +2

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database — ↗

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Prabakaran, A. J. 1996. Autotetraploids of Sesamum indicum and S. alatum: cytogenetics and crossability. J. Cytol. Genet. 31(1): 31–36.

CCDB · book-fedorov — Kedharnath 1950

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Kedamath 1950

CCDB · kew — Hiremath SC, Patil CG, Ksheerasagar AL. (pers. comm. 2001).

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type906 records

Wild obs. + sensor628

Museum / vouchered238

Cultivated / captive13

Other27

Origin

Native18

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 608 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 93≤1 km 24≤10 km 10>10 km 6

133 georeferenced · 495 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor628

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy8% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 11

12 georeferenced · 226 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence238

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 13 records without

Open the mapnot free-living13

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions12 of 22 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Pretoria, ZA	83
Saint Louis, US	28
Frankfurt am Main	13
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique / Institut de l'environnement et de recherches agricoleslocation not on record	13
Kew, GB	11
Durban, ZA	10
Paris, FR	8
Xiamen, CN	8
MeiseBGlocation not on record	7
Zürich, CH	4
Bronx, US	2
Plocation not on record	2
GZUlocation not on record	2
Pondicherry, IN	2
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record	2
Uppsala, SE	2
Phoenix, US	1
University of Johannesburglocation not on record	1
CJBGlocation not on record	1
National Botanical Research Institutelocation not on record	1
LDlocation not on record	1
EAlocation not on record	1

22 institutions · 203 of 238 vouchered records shown · 35 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Sesamum alatum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median25.6 °C 25.6–25.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.50 °C

Max temp (day)30.2 °C

Min temp (night)20.5 °C

Precipitation94.0 mm/mo

Air humidity58.3 %

Moisture balance-71.7 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,364 Pa

Wind speed2.90 m/s

Cloud cover42.6 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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