Linum USITATISSIMUM L.
| Synonym : | Linum crepitans (Boenn.) Dumort. Linum humile Mill. |
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| Bangla Name : | Tisi, Chikna, Masina. |
| English Name : | Linseed. |
| Family : | Linaceae |
| Disease : | Tonic, diuretic, aphrodisiac, demulcent, ulcers, leprosy, cough, kidney troubles, gouty, rheumatic swellings, colds, gonorrhea and pain. |
| Description : | An annual erect herb, up to 60 cm tall, stems solitary or few, corymbosely branched, branches ascending. Leaves up to 3.8 cm long, linear-lanceolate, acute. Flowers blue, about 2.5 cm across, in corymbose panicles. Capsules ovoid, mucronate. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Dhaka, Kustia, Magura, Rajshahi and Sylhet, cultivated. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Seeds contain a large quantity (30-40%) of fixed oil (composed of 36-50% linolenic acid and 23-24% linoleic acid), proteins (16-31%), principally two globulins, linin and colinin mucilage (6%), small amount of enzyme linase, a cyanogenetic glycoside, lina |
| Uses : | The seeds are tonic, diuretic, aphrodisiac and demulcent, used in ulcers, leprosy, cough and kidney troubles. Poultices of seeds are recommended for gouty and rheumatic swellings, as an emollient the mucilage is dropped into the eye, with honey it is pres |
| Habit : | Herb |