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

Native to China (southern, including Tibet). Formerly widely cultivated as a grain crop throughout Europe and elsewhere. Still in cultivation for a few special uses (noodles, pancakes).


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

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