Images and Information of Linum usitatissimum

BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - A CATALOGUE OF INDIAN SYNONYMS
Author - MOODEEN SHERIFF
Title - A DICTIONARY OF THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF INDIA VOL.I - 4
Author - GEORGE WATT
Title - A HANDBOOK OF MEDICINAL PLANTS
Author - DR.P.N.V.KURUP, DR.V.N.K.RAMADAS & JOSHI,P
Title - DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N
Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
Title - GLOSSARY OF VEGETABLE DRUGS IN BRHTTRAYI
Author - THAKUR BALWANT SINGH & DR. K.C.CHUNEKAR
Title - INDIAN MATERIA MEDICA, FIRST EDITION 1908, 3RD EDITION 1954
Author - LATE DR.K.M.NADKARNI & A.K.NADKARNI
Title - INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS Vol 1 -4
Author - K.R. KIRTIKAR, B.D. BASU & AN I.C.S.
Title - INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS VOLUME .VOL 1-5
Author - WARRIER,P.K. et al (EDS.)
Title - INDIAN PHARMACEUTICAL CODEX VOL.I
Author - MUKERJI,B
Title - LA-HARITA SAMHITA
Author - ALIX RAISON
Title - MATERIA INDICA
Author - WHITELAW AINSLIE
Title - NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II
Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA
Title - THE AYURVEDIC FORMULARY OF INDIA PART 1. FIRST EDITION
Author - Ministry of Health & family Welfare
Title - THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA PART 1. VOL.1
Author - ANONYMOUS

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1

Distribution

Bhilwara, Churu, Jaipur, Tonk, Kota. Commonly cultivated as winter season crop, sometimes found as an escape or as a weed in winter season crop

Title - Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1

Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1

Distribution

Cosmopolitan distribution. Primarily of temperate regions. Tripura: Extensively cultivated for the oil yeilding seeds.

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1

Author - D.B. DEB

Title - Flora of West Bengal Vol 1

Distribution

Cultivated almost throughout the plains of West Bengal.

Title - Flora of West Bengal Vol 1

Author - BSI Scientist

Title - The Flora of Kerala Vol I

Distribution

Cultivated for its oil and fibre, rarely in Kerala.

Title - The Flora of Kerala Vol I

Author - Ed. P. Daniel

Title - The Flora of Orissa Volume 1

Distribution

Cultivated throughout India, but often found as an escape. Orissa: Sometimes cultivated, frequently as an escape.

Title - The Flora of Orissa Volume 1

Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I

Distribution

INDIA: Cultivated for oil throughout India up to Himalaya; HIMACHAL PRADESH: Kangra, Kinnaur, Lahul & Spiti.

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I

Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa

Title - Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1

Distribution

Rare, as a weed in waste places in south Gujarat _x000D_ ( Broach), central Gujarat (Tuwa), northGujarat (Himmatnagar), Saurashtra and Kutch.

Title - Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1

Author - G.L.Shah

Title - Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal)

Distribution

Tons valley: Occasional in wastelands

Title - Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal)

Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao

Botanical Name -

Linum usitatissimum L.

Full Botanical citation -

Linum usitatissimum L., Sp. Pl. 277. 1753; R.D.Gaur, Fl. Distr. Garhwal North West Himalaya (With Ethnobotanical Notes), TransMedia, Srinagar (Garhwal), India, 358. 1999.

Family -

LINACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Homeopathy, Folk, Sowa-Rigpa

Vernacular names -

Total 91 Vernacular names found in 10 languages.

English (4) - flax, linseed, linseed oil, lint bells

Hindi (4) - alsi, alsi-ka-tel, tisi, tisi-ka-tel

Kannada (12) - agase beeja, agase gida, agase naaru, alasee beeja, alashi, alashiberu, alasibija, alsi, athasee gida, athasi gida, linseed enne, seeme agase beeja

Malayalam (5) - akasi, cerucana, cheru-chanattinte-vitta, cheruchanavittintevilta, kayavu

Marathi (4) - alashi, alsi-sanbyam, javas, javasa

Sanskrit (29) -

Sanskrit Comments

atasi, auma, budrapatni, chanaka, devi, haimwati, kshauma, kshaumi, ksuma, lika, madagandha, madotkata, malina, masina, masrina, masrind, masrna, masruna, masuna, mauverchala, nilapushpi, nilapushpika, nilapuspi, parvathi, pichhila, san, sunila, tailottama, uma

Tamil (13) - alci, ali, ali vittu, alici, alici vitai, alishi-virai, alishivirai, alisi virai, alivirai, alleverei, alshi, cantiracura, serroo sanulverei

Telugu (12) - ali, atasi, athasee, avishi, avisi, madana-ginjalu, madanaginja, madanaginjalu, madanginjalu, nalla agisi, nalla avisi, ullusulu

Tibetan (2) - ol (mo) se, zar ma i me tog

Urdu (6) - alasi, alsee, alsi, alsi nim bariyan, katan, roghan alsi