Chis tropical oilseed herbaceous plant is one of the oldest cultivated (from 2500 BC in Mesopotamia, Syria and Palestine). Today, sesame is cultivated mainly in India, China, Central America and in the Persian Gulf.
Oil extraction
Its fruit is a capsule that contains over 200 seeds each. These very small, oval, elongated and flattened seeds are black, red or white in color. When pressed, these seeds produce vegetable oil.
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