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1756. P. Browne, Jamaica (1789), 270. The Vanglo or Oil-plant.
1829. Loudon, Encycl. Plants (1836), 515. Sesamum.… These plants were introduced into Jamaica by the Jews, and are now cultivated in most parts of the island. They are called vanglo or oil-plant.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Vanglo, a West Indian name for the teel seeds of the East (Sesamum orientale).
