Fagopyrum esculentum Moench, 1794

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 143

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scientific name

Fagopyrum esculentum Moench
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Fagopyrum esculentum Moench

Names.

Myanmar: shari-mam. English: brank, buckwheat, common buckwheat, notch-seeded buckwheat.

Range.

Central or northern Asia. Widely grown as cultigen in cool temperate regions, and easily escaping.

Uses.

Fruit: Used to treat colic and diarrhea.

Note.

Medicinal uses of this species in China are discussed in Duke and Ayensu (1985).

Reference.

Nordal (1963).