Plant Details

Accepted name:: Linum usitatissimum L. [Linaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Linum usitatissimum var. stenophyllum (Boiss.) Rech.f.

Linum usitatissimum var. usitatissimum

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aakawa yob	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
aalas	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
agase beeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agase gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agase naaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agasebeeja	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
agashi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
agasi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
agastha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
akasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alasee beeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alashi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
alashiberu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
alasibija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ali vittu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alici	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alici vitai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alish	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
alishi-virai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alishivirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alisi virai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alivirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
alleverei	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alsee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alshi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
alshi virai	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
alsi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
alsi alish	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
alsi katan	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
alsi nim bariyan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alsi-ka-tel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alsi-sanbyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ama	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ankejil guib	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
arasi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
atasi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
atasī (seed)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
athasee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
athasee gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
athasi gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atshi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
atushi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
auma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avisa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
avishi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avisi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bazarug	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bazarulkatan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bazarutkattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bazr-ul-katan	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bazrul-kattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bedr kitan	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
bi-thawar	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
bidharrat alkitan	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
budrapatni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantiracura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cerucana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chanaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
cheru charm	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
cheru-chanattinte-vitta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cheruchanan-vittinteuilta	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
cheruchanavittintevilta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common flax	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
common flax plant	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
cultivated flax	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhonul-kattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
flachs	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flax	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
flax plant	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
flax seed	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
flax seed oil	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
flaxseed	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
flaxseed oil	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
hab e kattan	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
hab kattan	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
haimwati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hnan-kyat	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
hú má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
inaza	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
javas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
javasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kain atish	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
katan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
katān	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
kayavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kenu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kettan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
kitan	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
kitani	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kshauma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshaumi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshumaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ksuma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuman	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kṣumā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
lein	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
leinsamen	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
lika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
linaza	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
linhaça	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
linho	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
lini oleum virginale	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
lini semen	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Linum usitatissimum, sem. (2005) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
lino	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
linseed	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Linum usitatissimum, sem. (2005) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
linseed enne	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
linseed oil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
linseed oil, virgin	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
linseeds	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
lint bells	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
linum usitatissimum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
linári	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
low linolenic acid flaxseed oil (unhydrogenated)	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
low linolenic acid linseed oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
madagandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
madana-ginjalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madanaginja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madanaginjalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madanginjalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
madotkata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masina	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
masrina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masrind	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masrna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masrnaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
masruna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masuna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mauverchala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
migyaung-kumbat	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
mûma	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
nalla agisi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalla avisi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nilapushpika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilapuspi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilpushpika	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ol (mo) se	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paiksan	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
parvathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peso	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
pichhila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roghan alsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roghane-katan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roghane-zaghir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saatlein	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
san	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seeme agase beeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
semeagare	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
semeegara	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
semen lini	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
semina lini	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
serroo sanulverei	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shān zhī má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sib muma	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
sirrali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
solin oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
sunila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tailottama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thange	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tisi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tisi-ka-tel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tisinam	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
to kitan	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
tukhm-e-katan	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tukhme-katan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhme-zaghir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhme-zaqhir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhmekatan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tusi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ullusulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
uma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
umā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
virai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
virgin linseed oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
ya ma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ya ma zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
yamazi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
yà má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yà má yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yā má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zagher	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
zaghir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zaghu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zar ma	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
zar ma i me tog	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
λινάρι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ةرذب ناتكلا	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
كتان	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ཟར་མ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
亚麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
亚麻叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
亚麻子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山脂麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
胡麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鸦麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
seed		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Seed		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Seed	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
semen		EMA Com. Monog.: Linum usitatissimum, sem. (2005)
Semen		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Seed	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Semillas maduras	Semillas maduras desecadas	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
seed	seed oil	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Seed		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
seed		Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
Seeds		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
seed		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
seeds		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Seed, Oil		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
stem, leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Seed		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
Seed		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Seeds		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
seed		Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006)
seeds		Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
seed, fruit, aerial part, leaf		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
seed, flower	oil, ripe seed	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
seed	oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
seeds		Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
seed		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
seed		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed	oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
seed	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
seed	dried, ripe seed	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
seed	dried seed	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
seed	dried, ripe seed	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
seed	vegetal drug, fixed oil, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
seed		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
seed		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
seed	Dried, ripe seeds	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
seed	ripe seed	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Linum angustifolium subsp. usitatissimum (L.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 4: 64 (1897), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Linum usitatissimum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Linum usitatissimum L	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Linum usitatissimum L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) EMA Com. Monog.: Linum usitatissimum, sem. (2005) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Linum usitatissimum Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Linum usitatissimum Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Linum usitatissimum Linne	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Linum usitatissimum Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Linum usitatissimun L.	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Linum usitotissimum L.	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Linum vsitatissimum	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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