Fagopyrum esculentum, Moench
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1. F. esculentum Moench View in CoL , Meth. 290 (1794)
( F. vulgare T. Nees , F. sagittatum Gilib. , Polygonum fagopyrum L. ).
15-60 cm, glabrous or puberulent, tinged with red at maturity. Leaves up to 7 x 6 cm, usually slightly longer than wide, entire or sinuate, dark green, the lower stalked, the upper sessile. Axillary panicles short and compact, on long peduncles. Perianth-segments 3- 4 mm, greenish-white, tipped with pink. Nut 5-6 mm, dark brown, dull at maturity, with smooth faces and acute, entire angles. 2« = 16. Cultivated as a grain crop in most of Europe except Fennoscandia, and naturalized as an occasional ruderal almost throughout Europe. [Probably all except Cr Fa Gr Hb Is Sb Tu.] (E. C. Asia.)
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Fagopyrum esculentum
Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |
F. esculentum
Moench 1794: 290 |