name: Common Buckwheat

flavor_db_name_variants: common buckwheat

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Common buckwheat

id: 79

name_scientific: Fagopyrum esculentum

description: Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is a plant cultivated for its grain-like seeds, and also used as a cover crop. Despite the name, buckwheat is not related to wheat, as it is not a grass; instead, buckwheat is related to sorrel, knotweed, and rhubarb. The cultivation of buckwheat grain declined sharply in the 20th century with the adoption of nitrogen fertilizer that increased the productivity of other staples. A related species, Fagopyrum tataricum (Tartary buckwheat) is also cultivated as a grain in the Himalayas.

itis_id: 502589

wikipedia_id: Buckwheat

picture_file_name: 79.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 165955

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:39:01.000Z

legacy_id: 85

food_group: Cereals and cereal products

food_subgroup: Cereals

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:19.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:15.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3617

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00079