Buckwheat

Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Fagopyrum
Species:	F. esculentum
Binomial name
Fagopyrum esculentum Moench
Synonyms
Polygonum fagopyrum L. 1753 Fagopyrum cereale Raf. Fagopyrum dryandrii Fenzl Fagopyrum emarginatum (Roth) Meisn. 1840 Fagopyrum emarginatum Moench 1802 Fagopyrum fagopyrum (L.) H.Karst., invalid tautonym Fagopyrum polygonum Macloskie Fagopyrum sagittatum Gilib. Fagopyrum sarracenicum Dumort. Fagopyrum vulgare Hill ex Druce 1913 Fagopyrum vulgare T.Nees 1853 Polygonum emarginatum Roth

Buckwheat is a pseudo-cereal (cereal-like seed crop which is not of the family Poaceae), in the rhubarb and sorrel family, Polygonaceae.

Like other grains, it can be ground into flour and used to produce noodles, porridge, etc.

Acknowledgements

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