Tartarian Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum)

Family: Polygonaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Fagopyrum tataricum is a ANNUAL growing to 0.8 m (2ft 7in). It is in flower from July to September. The species is monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant) and is pollinated by Bees, flies. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

rich in rutin. — Leaves - raw or cooked.; Acceptable raw when added in small quantities to mixed chopped salads, otherwise the leaves are much better cooked.; They are rich in rutin.; Seed - cooked as a cereal.The seed can also be sprouted and used in salads, or ground into a powder and used as a cereal.

Habitat & North American Range

Found at heights up to 4400 metres in the Himalayas from Pakistan to Bhutan. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)