Buckwheat
ಬಕ್ಹ್ವೀಟ್कुट्टूநெளிகோதுமை
Fagopyrum esculentum Moench
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 76 cm
- wide
- —
Polygonaceae
Also called Common Buckwheat
Formerly Fagopyrum cereale, Fagopyrum dryandrii, Fagopyrum emarginatum, Fagopyrum sarracenicum, and 7 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- E. Tibet to China (Sichuan, Yunnan)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 76 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Japanese
- 蕎麦
- German
- Blenden, Brein, Echter Buchweizen
- French
- Sarrasin, Blé de Barbarie, Blé Noir
- Chinese
- 蕎麥, 甜荞, 荞麦
- Asturian
- alforxón
- Catalan
- fajol
- Czech
- pohanka obecná
- Spanish
- Alforfón, Trigo Sarraceno
- Finnish
- Tattari, viljatatar, viljatattari
- Hungarian
- Hajdina
- Italian
- Grano Saraceno
- Macedonian
- Елда
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Fagopyrum esculentum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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