Common name
English: Buckwheat
German: Buchweizen
Mandarin: 荞麦 (qiao mai)
Portuguese: Trigo-mourisco
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
Order: Caryophyllales (123)
Family: Polygonaceae (30)(family description)
Genus: Fagopyrum (2)
Epithet: esculentum Moench (1)
Synonyms: Cephalophilon nepalense (Meisn.) N.N.Tzvel., Fagopyrum cereale Raf., Fagopyrum dryandri hort., Fagopyrum emarginatum (Roth) Meisn., Fagopyrum fagopyrum (L.) Shafer, Fagopyrum sagittatum Gilib., Fagopyrum sarracenicum Dumort., Fagopyrum subdentatum Gilib., Fagopyrum vulgare Delarbre, Fagopyrum zuogongense Q.F.Chen, Helxine fagopyrum Kuntze
emarginatum => notched, emarginate, shallowly notched, e.g.with notched margin
esculentum => edible, fit for human food
sagittatum => possessing or resembling an arrow
vulgare => common, everyday
zuogongense => from Zuogong County, Tibet, P.R. China
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: pink, white
External links
Check for Fagopyrum esculentum at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [863] Fagopyrum esculentum - Plants For A Future database