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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Linum usitatissimum

Common Name
Keten, Flax, Lino, Chih Ma, Ama, Kittan, Hu Ma, Kahtan, Lin, Linaza, Linseed, Kettan

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Anodyne Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent Elsewhere *
Boil Elsewhere *
Bronchitis Elsewhere *
Burn Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cancer Belgium Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer US(PA) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer Germany Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Skin) US(Amerindian) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carbuncle Elsewhere *
Cold Elsewhere *
Conjunctivitis Elsewhere *
Corn Spain Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cough India(Santal) *
Cough Elsewhere *
Cyanogenetic Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Cyanogenetic Elsewhere *
Cyanogenetic US *
Demulcent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Demulcent India* *