Sesame. Indian sesame seeds are cream-coloured, small and glossy. Chinese sesame seeds are black.

Synonyms in other languages

Assamese

• tisi

Gujarati

• mitho tel
• tal
• tel

Hindi

• acchellu
• gingli
• teel
• तिल (gingelly)
• तिल्‌ (til)

Kannada

• yallu
• yellu

Konkani

• तीळु (tiilu)

Latin names

• Sesamum indicum

Malayalam

• chitelu

Marathi

• ashadital
• bariktil
• tila

Oriya

• rashi

Sinhala

• තල ගුලි (thala guli)

Telugu

• నువ్వులు (nuvvulu)

Countries

• India
• Sri Lanka

Regions

• Southern India