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What plant does sesame grow on?

Sesame certainly grows on sesame.

Sesame:

Alias: sesame and flax.

an annual erect herb of the genus Linoleraceae. It is an important oil-bearing crop in China, and the edible oil-saving and sesame oil are obtained by pressing sesame seeds.

annual erect herb, 6-15 cm high. There is a white pith in the stem. Leaves oblong or ovate. The lower part is often palmately trifoliate, the middle leaves are dented, and the upper leaves are nearly entire. Petiole 1-5 cm. Flowers solitary or 2-3 with 42 axils, calyx lobes lanceolate, covered with green hairs, corolla about 3 cm, tubular, white or with purple or colorful halo, covered with green hairs, flowering in late summer and early autumn.

The fruit is oblong, with a length of 2-3 cm and a diameter of 6-12 cm. Longitudinal, hairy, divided from the middle to the base. There are black and white seeds in varieties.