Fagopyrum

The genus Fagopyrum in the flowering plant family Polygonaceae contains 15 to 16 species of plants, including two important crop plants, the Buckwheat or Japanese Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum, and the Tartary Buckwheat Fagopyrum tataricum. They have similar uses, and are classed as pseudocereals, i.e. they are used in the same way as cereals but do not belong the grass family Poaceae.

Translation

The word "Fagopyrum" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Walloon.

Translation(s) in other languages: Bulgarian: Елда, Danish: Boghvede, Esperanto: Fagopiro, Lithuanian: Grikis, Polish: Gryka, Russian: Гречиха, Vietnamese: Chi Kiều mạch.