Polygonum.—Water Pepper.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: King's 1898.
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Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.
Engl.: buckwheat, beechwheat, brank, common buck-wheat, French wheat, saracen corn, sarrasin.
Deu.: Echte Buchweizen.
Sven.: bovete, bokvete, vanligt bovete.
Suom.: tattari, viljatatar.
Bot. syn.: Fagopyrum fagopyrum (L.) Karst., Fagopyrum sagittatum Gilib., Fagopyrum vulgare Hill., Polygonum fagopyrum L.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
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