Fagopyrum cymosum (Trevir.) Meisn. is a plant in the Polygonaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Fagopyrum cymosum (Trevir.) Meisn.

Fagopyrum cymosum (Trevir.) Meisn.

Fagopyrum cymosum, or tall buckwheat, is a domesticated plant with multiple uses native to several South and East Asian regions.

Family
Genus
Fagopyrum
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Fagopyrum cymosum (Trevir.) Meisn.

Fagopyrum cymosum (Trevir.) Meisn., commonly called tall buckwheat, is a domesticated plant. It is used in traditional Chinese medicine, as animal feed, and as an ornamental plant. It is native to large parts of China, as well as Bhutan, Nepal, India, Burma, and Vietnam.

Photo: (c) WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Polygonaceae Fagopyrum

More from Polygonaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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