Sesamum marlothii

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|genus = Sesamum

|species = marlothii

|image = Sesamum_marlothii_-_Twyfelfontein.jpg

|authority = Engl.

|synonyms =

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• Sesamum dinteri Schinz

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|synonyms_ref = {{citation

|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-24300065

|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species

|accessdate=25 December 2016}}

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Sesamum marlothii is a species of flowering plant in the same genus as sesame. It is native to western South Africa.{{citation |url=http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=114821 |title=African Plant Database |accessdate=25 December 2016}} It was originally described as similar to S. schinzianum but differing in various ways, including having the lower leaves with three parts, shorter stalks of the flowers and fruit, capsules half the size, and somewhat larger seeds.{{citation |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/198642#page/268/mode/1up |title=Plantae Marlothianae; ein Beitrag sur Kenntnis der Flora Südafrikas. II. Teil: Dikotyledoneae Sympetalae |pages=242–285 |author=A. Engler |volume=10 |year=1889 |journal=Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie}} p. 257