Special Gift from West China,what is Hu Ma, Oil Flaxseed? Hu Ma and its excellent uses...
Article Content:
- .Basic Botanical Identification of Oil Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum L.2n=30).
- .Plant and Part description of oil flaxseed.
- .Oil flaxseed classification.
- .Content and Phytochemicals of oil flaxseed.
- .Oily Flaxseed Nutrients and Useness.
- .Research Update:Linum usitatissimum L
Basic Botanical Identification of Oil Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum L.2n=30).
Oil flaxseed
Pinyin name: Hu Ma
Scientific Name: Linum usitatissimum L.2n=30
Identification: Oil flaxseed belong to flaxseed, and just the oil use type of flax, Scientific name as Linum usitatissimum L.2n=30
Origin of Oil flaxseed:
Oil flaxseed origined from Africa, Egypt and India begin to plant this herb about 1000B.C. and used this thing as food and spice, later spread into China area with Buddhism, so called as Hu Ma in Pinyin.
Main origin of oil flaxseed: major output from GuYuan City,Tong Xin city, Yanchi City,Wuzhong City of Ningxia Province. and south part of Gan Su and Xinjiang province, north part of Shan Xi province. china.
GuYuan City output oil flaxseed 550 thousand tons yearly, altitude more than 1500 meters,with its special climate and soil conditions fitable for the growth of oil flaxseed.
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