Linseed or Flax
Linseed or Flax is cultivated both for its seeds (to produce flaxseed oil or linseed oil) and for its fibers.
Flax was one of the first agricultural crops cultivated by man. It is one of the eight neolithic founder crops, which were plant species that were domesticated by early farming communities in the Fertile Crescent region.
Names
Scientific
Linum usitatissimum
English
Common flax
Flax
Linseed
Dutch
Lijnzaad
Olievlas
Vezelvlas
Vlas
Spanish
Lino
French
Lin cultivé
German
Flachs
Gemeiner Lein
Saat-Lein
Italian
Lino comune
Taxonomy
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Linaceae
Genus
Linum
Species
Linum usitatissimum (Linseed)
Crop categories
Fiber crops
Industrial crops
Mediterranean crops
Minor crops
Subtropical crops
Temperate crops
Vegetable oils
Pictures
Flax was one of the first domesticated crops.