Fagopyrum esculentum, Buckwheat - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Buckwheat, Beech wheat

Botanical name & synonyms: Fagopyrum esculentum, Fagopyrum cereale, Fagopyrum dryandrii, Fagopyrum emarginatum, Fagopyrum sarracenicum, Fagopyrum sagittatum, Fagopyrum vulgare, Polygonum fagopyrum, Polygonum emarginatum

Family: Knotweed, buckwheat family (Polygonaceae)

• native to Central-Asia
  

• annual
  

• 20 to 60 cm
  

• flower VII to X
  

• for bees
  

• culinary plant
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 30 gram