Ma nickname:? Flax, hemp seed, bird hemp, white hemp.
Distribution: The world is distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, such as India, Chinese mainland, Thailand, Turkey and Myanmar.
Family and genus:? Linen family? , flax.
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Flax is a kind of flax, which is an ancient bast fiber crop and oil crop. Flax originated in the Near East and the Mediterranean coast. As early as the Neolithic Age more than 5,000 years ago, Swiss lake dwellers and ancient Egyptians had planted flax and used it to spin clothes. Mummies all over Egypt were also covered with flax.
There are different opinions about the origin of flax. Most of them think it is in Central Asia, while others think it is China. In the Neolithic Age more than 5,000 years ago, Egypt had planted flax and used its fiber to weave cloth. Mummies unearthed from ancient Egyptian tombs were wrapped in linen.
As early as 200 BC, China recorded the use of flax to extract oil. Fiber flax is mainly distributed in Europe and Asia. 1985 world cultivated area13.42 million hectares, total fiber output 7 1. 1 10,000 tons. Among them, the Soviet Union accounted for about 58%; Followed by Poland, France, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, the Netherlands and so on.
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