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Tartary buckwheat

Fagopyrum tataricum, also known as Tartary buckwheat, green buckwheat, ku qiao, Tatar buckwheat, or bitter buckwheat, is a domesticated food plant in the genus Fagopyrum in the family Polygonaceae. With another species in the same genus, common buckwheat, it is often counted as a cereal, but the buckwheats are not closely related to true cereals.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Fagopyrum tataricum
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Fagopyrum
Kingdom: Plantae
Hardiness: Zone 11
Habit: herb
Bloom: Mid Summer

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