Perennial buckwheat

Fagopyrum cymosum

Flower name
Perennial buckwheat
Scientific name
Fagopyrum cymosum
Aliasシュッコンソバ, Perennial buckwheat
Place of originnorthern India and southern China
Place of floweringFields and footpaths
Flowering seasonSeptember, October, November

What is Perennial buckwheat

Perennial buckwheat (scientific name: Fagopyrum cymosum) is a naturalized perennial buckwheat plant of the family Polygonaceae, native to northern India and southern China. It grows wild in moist places such as riverbeds. The plant is 50-100 cm tall. It has triangular leaves that grow in alternate clusters and produces white flower-like sepals from September to November.
In China, the rhizome is used as an antifebrile and detoxifying herb called "shaku-chiri" or "teng-buckwheat root." The seeds are used as a grain, the leaves contain rutin, and the young leaves are eaten as a vegetable.

Flowers similar to buckwheat and dattan buckwheat

Although buckwheat (Soba, scientific name: Fagopyrum esculentum) and Dattan buckwheat are annuals, and buckwheat is a perennial, the flowers of both are similar.

Common name: Perennial buckwheat (scientific name: Fagopyrum cymosum, origin: northern India to southern China, living environment: riverbeds Flowering season: September to November, Flower color (calyx color): white, Use: medicinal.