English: Buckwheat

German: Buchweizen

Mandarin: 荞麦 (qiao mai)

Portuguese: Trigo-mourisco

Kingdom: Plantae (2505)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2404)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2036)

      Order: Polygonales (27)

        Family: Polygonaceae (28) (family description)

          Genus: Fagopyrum (2)

           Epithet: esculentum Moench (2)

Synonym: Fagopyrum cereale Raf.

esculentum => edible, fit for human food

Climate: temperate, sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: pink, white

Check for Fagopyrum esculentum at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

• [863] Fagopyrum esculentum - Plants For A Future database
• [1997] Fagopyrum esculentum - Flora of China @ efloras.org

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