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Buckwheat with flowers, ripe and unripe seeds Exhibition of Flower Festival, Taiwan. Buckwheat is a short-season crop that grows well in low-fertility or acidic soils; too much fertilizer – especially nitrogen – reduces yields, and the soil must be well drained. In hot climates buckwheat can be grown only by sowing late in the season, so ...
Fagopyrum contains 15 to 16 species of plants, including two important crop plants, buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum), and Fagopyrum tataricum (Tartary buckwheat). The two have similar uses, and are classed as pseudocereals, because they are used in the same way as cereals but do not belong to the grass family Poaceae.
Fagopyrum tataricum, also known as Tartary buckwheat, [2] green buckwheat, [3] ku qiao, [3] Tatar buckwheat, [citation needed] or bitter buckwheat, [4] is a domesticated food plant in the genus Fagopyrum in the family Polygonaceae.
Neither a grain nor a wheat, buckwheat is packed with nutrients and contains multiple health benefits. Gluten-free, and often considered an ancient grain, buckwheat in reality is a pseudocereal; a ...
Eriogonum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae.The genus is found in North America and is known as wild buckwheat.This is a highly species-rich genus, and indications are that active speciation is continuing.
This is a list of buckwheat dishes, consisting of dishes that use buckwheat as a main ingredient. Buckwheat is a plant cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop . A related and more bitter species, Fagopyrum tataricum , a domesticated food plant common in Asia, but not as common in Europe or North America, is also referred to as ...
Billie Thomas first appeared in the 1934 Our Gang shorts For Pete's Sake!, The First Round-Up, and Washee Ironee as a background player. The "Buckwheat" character was a girl at this time, portrayed by Our Gang kid Matthew "Stymie" Beard's younger sister Carlena in For Pete's Sake!, and by Willie Mae Walton in three other shorts.
Eriogonum gracillimum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name rose and white buckwheat. It is endemic to California but is common and widespread in many areas there. This is a spindly annual herb reaching anywhere from 5 to 50 centimeters in height.