Fagopyrum esculentum

1. Fagopyrum esculentum Moench (C. and E-As.) – A common but ephemeral alien. At present usually associated with birdseed, formerly also a weed of arable land or a wool alien. Most often seen on dumps, by roads and railway tracks, near grain mills in port areas, in urban habitats (from discarded birdseed),…

Formerly also cultivated as a crop plant on a small scale in parts of Belgium, for instance in the Kempen and Ardennes (Lawalrée 1953a).

Fagopyrum esculentum, Couthuin, August 2011, P. Vanmeerbeeck Fagopyrum esculentum, Couthuin, August 2011, P. Vanmeerbeeck
Fagopyrum esculentum, Couthuin, August 2011, P. Vanmeerbeeck Fagopyrum esculentum, Couthuin, August 2011, P. Vanmeerbeeck
Fagopyrum esculentum, Couthuin, August 2011, P. Vanmeerbeeck

Herbarium specimen


Selected literature:

Lawalrée A (1953a) Polygonaceae. In: Robyns W. (ed.), Flore Générale de Belgique, vol. 1, fasc. 2. Jardin Botanique de l’Etat, Bruxelles: 237-305.

Ohnishi O. (1998) Search for the wild ancestor of buckwheat III. The wild ancestor of cultivated common buckwheat, and of Tartary buckwheat. Econ. Bot.52: 123-133.

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