EPPO Global Database

Fagopyrum esculentum(FAGES)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-03

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: FAGES
  • Preferred name: Fagopyrum esculentum
  • Authority: Mönch

Notes

China (southern, including  Tibet). Introduced from northern Europe to Russian Far East, Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turmenistan), Western Asia (Irak to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, central and northern China, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Ethiopia to South Africa, North America, Bolivia, New Zealand. Formerly widely cultivated as a grain crop throughout Europe and elsewhere. Still in cultivation for a few special uses (noodles, pancakes). 

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Fagopyrum emarginatum Mönch
Fagopyrum sagittatum Gilibert
Fagopyrum vulgare Hill
Polygonum fagopyrum Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
buckwheat English
common buckwheat English
Buchweizen German
echter Buchweizen German
gewöhnlicher Buchweizen German
Heidenkorn German
blé noir French
renouée sarrasin French
sarrasin French
sarrasin comestible French
sarrasin commun French
alforfón Spanish
granoturco Spanish
trigo árabe Spanish
trigo negro Spanish
trigo sarraceno Spanish
fagopiro Italian
grano nero Italian
grano saraceno Italian
grano saraceno comune Italian
boekweit Dutch
gewone boekweit Dutch
grão-sarraceno Portuguese
sarraceno Portuguese
trigo-mourisco Portuguese (BR)
trigo-negro Portuguese
trigo-sarraceno Portuguese
bovete Swedish
vanlig bovete Swedish
soba Japanese
ソバ Japanese
гречиха культурная Russian
гречиха обыкновенная Russian
гречиха посевная Russian
гречиха съедобная Russian
almindelig boghvede Danish
bokhvete Norwegian
tattari Finnish
viljatatar Finnish
kara buğday Turkish
gryka zwyczajna Polish
hajdina Hungarian
fagopira Albanian
grurëzi Albanian
hejda e rëndomtë Albanian
trigo negro Aragonese
trigo sarraceno Aragonese
гречиха Bulgarian
елда Bulgarian
blat négre Catalan
cairut Catalan
fajol Catalan
faxol Catalan
qiáo mài Chinese
荞麦 Chinese
prava heljda Croatian
pohanka obecná Czech
pohanka střelovitá Czech
bókhveiti Icelandic
메밀 Korean
me mil Korean
blat-moùrou Occitan
blat négré Occitan
gabatch Occitan
milh-mourou Occitan
mimoureou Occitan
mourèu Occitan
mourisco Occitan
pabiàt Occitan
hrișcă Romanian
хељда Serbian
pohánka jedlá Slovak
pohánka siata Slovak
pohánka streliciová Slovak
navadna ajda Slovene
гречка звичайна Ukrainian
гречка їстивна Ukrainian
гречка посівна Ukrainian
гречка справжня Ukrainian