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__**Scientific name:**__ Sesmum Indicum

__**Common name:**__ Sesame Seeds

Sesames seeds is a type of spice.



The seed part of the plant is used.

__**Interesting Facts:**__
 * 1) Sesame seeds are currently the oldest oil seed known.
 * 2) The word sesame came from Latin for the word sesmon.
 * 3) There is an average of 180 sesame seeds on a Big Mac.
 * 4) During the middle ages, in some parts of the world, sesame seeds were worth as much as gold.
 * 5) The total harvest is 3.84 million metric tons of sesame seeds in 2010.

For a long time, sesame has been considered to have magical powers. "Open Sesame," from the Arabian knights. That is a well known magical command.

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