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Fagopyrum esculentum - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Fagopyrum esculentum - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Fagopyrum esculentum - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Fagopyrum esculentum - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Fagopyrum esculentum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden of the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 843
Date of entry: 16.06.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Buckwheat

German: Buchweizen

Mandarin: 荞麦 (qiao mai)

Portuguese: Trigo-mourisco

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2597)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2494)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2109)

      Order: Polygonales (28)

        Family: Polygonaceae (30)(family description)

          Genus: Fagopyrum (2)

            Epithet: esculentum Moench (2)

Synonym: Fagopyrum cereale Raf.

esculentum => edible, fit for human food

Characteristics

Climate: temperate, sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: pink, white

External links

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