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fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric
plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem
the seed of flax used as a source of oil (同)flaxseed
a herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves (同)genus Linum

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Flax (also known as common flax or linseed), with the binomial name Linum usitatissimum, is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is a food and fiber crop that is grown in cooler regions of the world. The textiles made from flax are known in the West as linen, and traditionally used for bed sheets, underclothes and table linen. The oil is known as linseed oil. In addition to referring to the plant itself, the word "flax" may refer to the unspun fibers of the flax plant. The plant species is known only as a cultivated plant,^[2] and appears to have been domesticated just once from the wild species Linum bienne, called pale flax.^[3]

1 Description
2 History
3 Uses
- 3.1 Flax seeds
  - 3.1.1 Culinary
  - 3.1.2 Medicinal
  - 3.1.3 Nutrients and clinical research
- 3.2 Toxicity
- 3.3 Flax fibers
4 Production
- 4.1 Cultivation
- 4.2 Production by country
- 4.3 Diseases
5 Harvesting
- 5.1 Harvesting for fibre
  - 5.1.1 Mechanical
  - 5.1.2 Manual
6 Processing
7 Preparation for spinning
- 7.1 Retting flax
- 7.2 Dressing the flax
8 Genetically modified flax contamination
9 Symbolic images
10 See also
11 References
12 Further reading
13 External links

Description

Capsules

Flowers

Several other species in the genus Linum are similar in appearance to Linum usitatissimum, cultivated flax, including some that have similar blue flowers, and others with white, yellow, or red flowers.^[4] Some of these are perennial plants, unlike L. usitatissimum, which is an annual plant.

Cultivated flax plants grow to 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) tall, with slender stems. The leaves are glaucous green, slender lanceolate, 20–40 mm long and 3 mm broad.

The flowers are pure pale blue, 15–25 mm diameter, with five petals. The fruit is a round, dry capsule 5–9 mm diameter, containing several glossy brown seeds shaped like an apple pip, 4–7 mm long.

History

The earliest evidence of humans using wild flax as a textile comes from the present day Republic of Georgia, where spun, dyed, and knotted wild flax fibers were found in Dzudzuana Cave and dated to the Upper Paleolithic, 30,000 years ago.^[5]^[6]^[7] Flax was first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent region.^[8] There is evidence of a domesticated oil-seed flax with increased seed size by 9,000 years ago from Tell Ramad in Syria.^[8] Use of the crop steadily spread, reaching places as far as Switzerland and Germany by 5,000 years ago (3,000 BCE).^[9] In China and India domesticated flax was cultivated by at least 5,000 years ago (3,000 BCE).^[10]

Flax was extensively cultivated in ancient Egypt, where temple walls had paintings of flowering flax and mummies were entombed in linen.^[11] Egyptian priests only wore linen, as flax was considered a symbol of purity.^[12] Phoenicians traded Egyptian linen throughout the Mediterranean, and the Romans used it for their sails.^[13] As the Roman Empire declined, so did flax production, but Charlemagne revived the crop in the 8th century CE with laws designed to publicize the hygiene of linen textiles and the health of linseed oil.^[14] Eventually, Flanders became the major center of the linen industry in the European Middle Ages.^[14] In North America, flax was introduced by the colonists and it flourished there.^[15] But by the early 20th century cheap cotton and rising farm wages had caused production of flax to become concentrated in northern Russia, which came to provide 90% of the world's output. Since then flax has lost its importance as a commercial crop, due to the easy availability of more durable fibers.^[16]

Uses

Flax is grown for its oil, used as a nutritional supplement, and as an ingredient in many wood-finishing products. Flax is also grown as an ornamental plant in gardens. Flax fibers are used to make linen. The Latin species name usitatissimum means most useful.^[17]

Flax fibres are taken from the stem of the plant and are two to three times as strong as those of cotton. As well, flax fibers are naturally smooth and straight. Europe and North America depended on flax for vegetable-based cloth until the nineteenth century, when cotton overtook flax as the most common plant used for making rag-based paper. Flax is grown on the Canadian Prairies for linseed oil, which is used as a drying oil in paints and varnish and in products such as linoleum and printing inks.

Flax seeds

Brown flax seeds

Flax seeds come in two basic varieties: 1. brown; and 2. yellow or golden (also known as golden linseeds).^[18] Most types have similar nutritional characteristics and equal numbers of short-chain omega-3 fatty acids. The exception is a type of yellow flax called solin (trade name Linola), which has a completely different oil profile and is very low in omega-3 FAs. Flax seeds produce a vegetable oil known as flaxseed oil or linseed oil, which is one of the oldest commercial oils. It is an edible oil obtained by expeller pressing, sometimes followed by solvent extraction. Solvent-processed flax seed oil has been used for many centuries as a drying oil in painting and varnishing.^[19]

Although brown flax can be consumed as readily as yellow, and has been for thousands of years, its better-known uses are in paints, for fiber, and for cattle feed.

Golden flax seeds

Culinary

One hundred grams of ground flax seed supplies about 534 calories, 41 grams of fat, 28 grams of fiber, and 20 grams of protein.^[20]

Flax seed sprouts are edible, with a slightly spicy flavor. Excessive consumption of flax seeds with inadequate water can cause bowel obstruction.^[21] In northern India, flaxseed, called tisi or alsi, is traditionally roasted, powdered, and eaten with boiled rice, a little water, and a little salt.^[22]

Whole flax seeds are chemically stable, but ground flaxseed can go rancid at room temperature in as little as one week,^[23] although there is contrary evidence.^[24] Refrigeration and storage in sealed containers will keep ground flax from becoming rancid for a longer period; under conditions similar to those found in commercial bakeries, trained sensory panelists could not detect differences between bread made with freshly ground flax and bread made with milled flax stored for four months at room temperature.^[25] Milled flax is remarkably stable to oxidation when stored for nine months at room temperature if packed immediately without exposure to air and light^[26] and for 20 months at ambient temperatures under warehouse conditions.

Three natural phenolic glucosides, secoisolariciresinol diglucoside, p-coumaric acid glucoside and ferulic acid glucoside, can be found in commercial breads containing flaxseed.^[27]

Medicinal

Linum usitatissimum seeds have been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally (directly soaked or as tea) and externally (as compresses or oil extracts) for treatment of disorders of the respiratory tract, eyes, infections, cold, flu, fever, rheumatism and gout.^[28]

Nutrients and clinical research

Flax seeds contain high levels of dietary fiber as well as lignans, an abundance of micronutrients and omega-3 fatty acids (table). Studies have shown that flax seeds may lower cholesterol levels, although with differing results depending on the sex of the consumer. One study found results were better for women^[29] whereas a later study found benefits only for men.^[30] Initial studies suggest that flax seeds taken in the diet may benefit individuals with certain types of breast^[31]^[32] and prostate cancers.^[33]^[34]

A study done at Duke University suggests that flaxseed may stunt the growth of prostate tumors,^[33] although a meta-analysis found the evidence on this point to be inconclusive.^[35] Flax may also lessen the severity of diabetes by stabilizing blood-sugar levels.^[36] There is some support for the use of flax seed as a laxative due to its dietary fiber content^[21] though excessive consumption without liquid can result in intestinal blockage.^[37] Consuming large amounts of flax seed may impair the effectiveness of certain oral medications, due to its fiber content.^[37] Flaxseed has shown to lower the concentration of pro-inflammatory oxylipins in humans^[38] as well as lower blood pressure in patients with peripheral arterial disease and high blood pressure.^[39]

Topical flax-seed oil (linseed oil) also showed to have positive effects on pain control and nerve function of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome in a clinical trial.^[40]

Flax seeds contain 23% 18:3 Omega-3 fatty acids (mostly ALA) and 6% 18:2 Omega-6 fatty acids.[2] [3] [4] Flaxseed oil contains 53% 18:3 Omega-3 fatty acids (mostly ALA) and 13% 18:2 Omega-6 fatty acids.[5]

One of the main components of flax is lignan, which has plant estrogen as well as antioxidants (flax contains up to 800 times more lignans than other plant foods contain).^[41]

Toxicity

Flaxseed and its oil have repeatedly been demonstrated to be non-toxic and are generally recognized as safe for human consumption.^[42] Present in many common foods and having low content in flax,^[43] cyanogenic glycosides are non-toxic when consumed in typical amounts, but may be toxic in large quantities from consuming staple foods like cassava.^[44] Flaxseed has low concentration of cyanogenic glycosides (0.48% in a sample of defatted dehusked flaxseed meal), but these can be removed by special processing.^[45]

Flax fibers

A Heckling Shop in Irvine, Ayrshire, used to prepare flax fibers

Flax fiber is extracted from the bast beneath the surface of the stem of the flax plant. Flax fiber is soft, lustrous and flexible; bundles of fiber have the appearance of blonde hair, hence the description "flaxen". It is stronger than cotton fiber but less elastic. The best grades are used for linen fabrics such as damasks, lace and sheeting. Coarser grades are used for the manufacturing of twine and rope, and historically for canvas and webbing equipment. Flax fiber is a raw material used in the high-quality paper industry for the use of printed banknotes and rolling paper for cigarettes and tea bags. Flax mills for spinning flaxen yarn were invented by John Kendrew and Thomas Porthouse of Darlington in 1787.^[46] New methods of processing flax and the rising price of cotton have led to renewed interest in the use of flax as an industrial fiber.

Production

Cultivation

A flax field in bloom in northwestern North Dakota in the United States.

The soils most suitable for flax, besides the alluvial kind, are deep loams, and containing a large proportion of organic matter. Flax is often found growing just above the waterline in cranberry bogs. Heavy clays are unsuitable, as are soils of a gravelly or dry sandy nature. Farming flax requires few fertilizers or pesticides. Within eight weeks of sowing, the plant will reach 10–15 cm (3.9–5.9 in) in height and will grow several centimeters per day under its optimal growth conditions, reaching 70–80 cm (28–31 in) within fifteen days.

Production by country

Top ten linseed producers – 2011^[47]
Country	Production (metric tons)	Footnote
Canada	368,300
China	350,000	*
Russia	230,000	*
India	147,000
United Kingdom	71,000
United States	70,890
Ethiopia	65,420
Kazakhstan	64,000	*
Ukraine	51,100
Argentina	32,170
World	1,602,047	A
No symbol = Official data, * = Unofficial figure, A = Aggregate (may include official, semi-official or estimated data)

Diseases

Harvesting

Maturation

Flax is harvested for fiber production after approximately 100 days, or a month after the plant flowers and two weeks after the seed capsules form. The base of the plant will begin to turn yellow. If the plant is still green, the seed will not be useful, and the fiber will be underdeveloped. The fiber degrades once the plant is brown.

Flax grown for seed is allowed to mature until the seed capsules are yellow and just starting to split; it is then harvested in various ways. A combine harvester may either cut only the heads of the plants, or the whole plant. These are then dried to extract the seed. The amount of weeds in the straw affects its marketability, and this coupled with market prices determines whether the farmer chooses to harvest the flax straw. If the flax straw is not harvested, it is typically burned, since the stalks are quite tough and decompose slowly (i.e., not in a single season). Still being somewhat in a windrow from the harvesting process, the straw would often clog up tillage and planting equipment. Flax straw that is not of sufficient quality for fibre uses can be baled to build shelters for farm animals, or sold as biofuel, or removed from the field in the spring.^[48]

De vlasoogst (1904) ("Flax harvesting") painting by Emile Claus, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium

There are two ways to harvest flax fibre, one involving mechanized equipment (combines), and a second method, more manual and targeted towards maximizing the fiber length.

Harvesting for fibre

Mechanical

The mature plant is cut with mowing equipment, similar to hay harvesting, and raked into windrows. When dried sufficiently, a combine then harvests the seeds similar to wheat or oat harvesting.

Manual

The mature plant is pulled up with the roots (not cut), so as to maximize the fiber length. After this, the flax is allowed to dry, the seeds are removed, and it is then retted. Dependent upon climatic conditions, characteristics of the sown flax and fields, the flax remains on the ground between two weeks and two months for retting. As a result of alternating rain and the sun, an enzymatic action degrades the pectins which bind fibers to the straw. The farmers turn over the straw during retting to evenly rett the stalks. When the straw is retted and sufficiently dry, it is rolled up. It will then be stored by farmers before extracting the fibers.

Processing

A hackle or heckle, a tool for threshing flax and preparing the fibre

Flax tissues, Tacuinum sanitatis, 14th century

Threshing is the process of removing the seeds from the rest of the plant. The fibres from the stem of the plant require processing to remove the other components of the stem. These two processes can be done in similar ways, involving either or both of pulling the plants through a hackle, and beating the plants to break them.

Flax processing is divided into two parts: the first part is generally done by the farmer, to bring the flax fibre into a fit state for general or common purposes. This can be performed by three machines: one for threshing out the seed, one for breaking and separating the straw (stem) from the fiber, and one for further separating the broken straw and matter from the fiber.

The second part of the process brings the flax into a state for the very finest purposes, such as lace, cambric, damask, and very fine linen. This second part is performed by a refining machine.

Take the flax in small handfuls in the left hand, spread it flat between the third and little finger, with the seed end downwards, and the root-end above, as near the hand as possible.
Put the handful between the beaters of the breaking machine, and beat it gently till the three or four inches, which have been under the operation of the machine, appear to be soft.
Remove the flax a little higher in the hand, so as to let the soft part of the flax rest upon the little finger, and continue to beat it till all is soft, and the wood is separated from the fiber, keeping the left hand close to the block and the flax as flat upon the block as possible.^{[citation needed]}
The other end of the flax is then to be turned, and the end which has been beaten is to be wrapped round the little finger, the root end flat, and beaten in the machine till the wood is separated, exactly in the same way as the other end was beaten.

Preparation for spinning

Stem cross-section, showing locations of underlying tissues. Ep = epidermis; C = cortex; BF = bast fibers; P = phloem; X = xylem; Pi = pith

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Threshing, retting and dressing flax at the Roscheider Hof Open Air Museum (German)

Before the flax fibers can be spun into linen, they must be separated from the rest of the stalk. The first step in this process is retting, which is the process of rotting away the inner stalk, leaving the outer parts intact. At this point there is still straw, or coarse outer stem (cortex and epidermis) remaining. To remove this the flax is "broken," the straw is broken up into small, short bits, while the actual fiber is left unharmed. Scutching scrapes the outer straw from the fiber. The stems are then pulled through "hackles," which act like combs to remove the straw and some shorter fibres out of the long fiber.

Retting flax

There are several methods of retting flax. It can be retted in a pond, stream, field or tank. When the retting is complete, the bundles of flax feel soft and slimy, and quite a few fibers are standing out from the stalks. When wrapped around a finger the inner woody part springs away from the fibers.

Pond retting is the fastest. It consists of placing the flax in a pool of water which will not evaporate. It generally takes place in a shallow pool which will warm up dramatically in the sun; the process may take from a couple of days to a few weeks. Pond retted flax is traditionally considered of lower quality, possibly because the product can become dirty, and is easily over-retted, damaging the fiber. This form of retting also produces quite an odor.

Stream retting is similar to pool retting, but the flax is submerged in bundles in a stream or river. This generally takes two or three weeks longer than pond retting, but the end product is less likely to be dirty, does not smell as bad and, because the water is cooler, is less likely to be over-retted.

Both pond and stream retting were traditionally used less because they pollute the waters used for the process.

In field retting, the flax is laid out in a large field, and dew is allowed to collect on it. This process normally takes a month or more but is generally considered to provide the highest quality flax fibers,^{[citation needed]} and it produces the least pollution.

Retting can also be done in a plastic trash can or any type of water-tight container of wood, concrete, earthenware or plastic. Metal containers will not work, as an acid is produced when retting, and it would corrode the metal. If the water temperature is kept at 80 °F (27 °C), the retting process under these conditions takes 4 or 5 days. If the water is any colder, it takes longer. Scum will collect at the top, and an odor is given off the same as in pond retting. 'Enzymatic' retting of flax has been researched as a retting technique to engineer fibers with specific properties.^[49]^[50]

Dressing the flax

Breaking flax
Scutching flax
Heckling flax
Flax fiber in different forms, before and after processing.

Dressing the flax is the process of removing the straw from the fibers. Dressing consists of three steps: breaking, scutching, and heckling. The breaking breaks up the straw. Some of the straw is scraped from the fibers in the scutching process, and finally the fiber is pulled through heckles to remove the last bits of straw.

The dressing is done as follows:

Breaking: The process of breaking breaks up the straw into short segments. To do it, take the bundles of flax and untie them. Next, in small handfuls, put it between the beater of the breaking machine (a set of wooden blades that mesh together when the upper jaw is lowered, which look like a paper cutter but instead of having a big knife it has a blunt arm), and beat it till the three or four inches that have been beaten appear to be soft. Move the flax a little higher and continue to beat it till all is soft, and the wood is separated from the fiber. When half of the flax is broken, hold the beaten end and beat the rest in the same way as the other end was beaten, till the wood is separated.

Scutching: In order to remove some of the straw from the fiber, it helps to swing a wooden scutching knife down the fibers while they hang vertically, thus scraping the edge of the knife along the fibers and pull away pieces of the stalk. Some of the fiber will also be scutched away, this cannot be helped and is a normal part of the process.

Heckling: In this process the fiber is pulled through various different sized heckling combs or heckles. A heckle is a bed of "nails"—sharp, long-tapered, tempered, polished steel pins driven into wooden blocks at regular spacing. A good progression is from 4 pins per square inch, to 12, to 25 to 48 to 80. The first three will remove the straw, and the last two will split and polish the fibers. Some of the finer stuff that comes off in the last hackles is called tow and can be carded like wool and spun. It will produce a coarser yarn than the fibers pulled through the heckles because it will still have some straw in it.

Genetically modified flax contamination

Child in a flax field in Minnesota, 1920

In September 2009 it was reported that Canadian flax exports had been contaminated by a de-registered genetically modified (GM) variety, known as Triffid. Triffid had food and feed safety approval in both Canada and the U.S. However, Canadian growers and the Flax Council of Canada had raised concerns about the marketability of this variety in Europe. The variety was subsequently de-registered in 2001 and never grown commercially in Canada or the U.S. All stores of the seed were purportedly crushed or destroyed. Despite these precautions flax exports were found to contain traces of this transgenic flax variety which resulted in problems for Canada's flax growers and the industry at large, who export 70% of their product to Europe. The EU currently has a zero tolerance policy regarding unapproved GMOs.^[51] Canadian flaxseed cultivars were reconstituted with triffid free seed which were used in planting the 2014 crop.^[52] Laboratories are certified to test for the presence of "Triffid" seed at one part in 10,000.^[53]

Symbolic images

Flax is the emblem of Northern Ireland and used by the Northern Ireland Assembly. In a coronet, it appeared on the reverse of the British one-pound coin to represent Northern Ireland on coins minted in 1986, 1991 and 2014. Flax also represents Northern Ireland on the badge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and on various logos associated with it.

Common flax is the national flower of Belarus.

In early tellings of the Sleeping Beauty tale, such as "Sun, Moon, and Talia" by Giambattista Basile, the princess pricks her finger not on a spindle but on a sliver of flax, which is later sucked out by her children conceived as she sleeps.

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North Dakota State University picture comparing flaxseed oil fatty acid content with other oils.
The produce arising from one acre of ground with flaxseed consider'd (Gentleman's magazine, 1742)

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Flax seed
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy	2,234 kJ (534 kcal)
Carbohydrates	28.88 g
Sugars	1.55 g
Dietary fiber	27.3 g
Fat	42.16 g
Saturated	3.663 g
Monounsaturated	7.527 g
Polyunsaturated	28.730 g
Protein	18.29 g
Vitamins
Thiamine (B1)	(143%) 1.644 mg
Riboflavin (B2)	(13%) 0.161 mg
Niacin (B3)	(21%) 3.08 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)	(20%) 0.985 mg
Vitamin B6	(36%) 0.473 mg
Folate (B9)	(0%) 0 μg
Vitamin C	(1%) 0.6 mg
Trace metals
Calcium	(26%) 255 mg
Iron	(44%) 5.73 mg
Magnesium	(110%) 392 mg
Phosphorus	(92%) 642 mg
Potassium	(17%) 813 mg
Zinc	(46%) 4.34 mg
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	Units; μg = micrograms • mg = milligrams; IU = International units;
	Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.; Source: USDA Nutrient Database

Flax; Linum usitatissimum
	Flax plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Linaceae
Genus:	Linum
Species:	L. usitatissimum
Binomial name
	Linum usitatissimum; L.
Synonyms
	Linum crepitans (Boenn.) Dumort.; Linum humile Mill.; Linum indehiscens (Neilr.) Vavilov & Elladi;

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