🌿 Family

Pedaliaceae

8 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Pedaliaceae

Harpagophytum procumbens, commonly devil's claw, is a southern African plant used in folk medicine for pain, with regulated sustainable harvest.

Harpagophytum zeyheri is a southern African devil's claw species, with folk medicinal use of the genus, and sustainable harvest regulations in place.

Pedalium murex L. is the only species in the Pedalium genus (Pedaliaceae), found in tropical Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

White djirrie (Rogeria longiflora) is a flowering plant native to Namibia and northern South Africa.

Sesamum indicum L. (sesame) is an edible seed crop cultivated globally and used in many cuisines worldwide.

Sesamum alatum Thonn. is an edible-seeded annual herb with documented traditional medicinal uses.

Sesamum sesamoides, commonly called false sesame, is an African adaptable herb with many culinary and medicinal uses.

Sesamothamnus lugardii is an endemic southern African soft-stemmed shrub in the Pedaliaceae family with white flowers.

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