The correct answer is Sesamum.
Key Points
- Seasame is a Rabi crop in South India.
- It is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum and in India, it is smaller in numbers.
- Another species of Sesamum is S. Indicum.
- Sesamum is also known as Benne.
- The mustard plant is a plant species in the genera Brassica and Sinapis in the family Brassicaceae.
Additional Information
- Finger millet (Ragi)
- Millet is a collective term referring to a number of small-seeded annual grasses that are cultivated as grain crops, primarily on marginal lands in dry areas in temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions.
- Some of the common millets available in India are Ragi (Finger millet), Jowar (Sorghum), Sama (Little millet), Bajra (Pearl millet), and Variga (Proso millet).
- Barley
- Barley is cultivated as a rabi season crop in Rajasthan.
- It is sown in October-December and harvested from March to May.
- Wheat
- It is a Rabi crop generally sown between October & November harvested between April & May.




