Buckwheat, also known as triangular wheat, is a crop of buckwheat in Polygonaceae, an annual herb dicotyledonous plant and a cultivated plant in Polygonaceae. Yi people call it "forehead", which was also written as naked oats or rye in ancient times. Sichuan province is used to calling buckwheat seeds. Also known as Hu Qiao. It can be divided into common buckwheat (sweet buckwheat) and its relative buckwheat (bitter buckwheat), especially the former.

Native to Asia, the seeds are triangular. The seed coat is tough, dark brown or gray. These flowers are white and pollinated by insects such as bees. Although its seeds are used as cereals, buckwheat is not a cereal grass. The yield of buckwheat in fertile soil is lower than that of other food crops, but it is especially suitable for dry hills and cool climate. Buckwheat ripens quickly, so it can be planted as a late-maturing crop or as a choking crop to kill weeds and improve the planting conditions of other crops. It can also be used as green manure to plough into the field to improve the soil, and can also be used as a honey source crop. Buckwheat is one of the main food crops in Ukraine, Belarus and Poland. France, Canada and the United States are also important producers. In addition to human consumption, it is often used as feed for poultry and other livestock. The British think buckwheat is especially suitable for pheasant feed. In eastern Europe, people shell buckwheat and cook it like rice, which is called buckwheat rice, and in France it is called sayraisin. Buckwheat flour is not suitable for bread, but in the United States and Canada, buckwheat flour alone or mixed with wheat flour is used to make scones, which is called buckwheat cake.

The scientific name of tartary buckwheat is tartary buckwheat, which is divided into common tartary buckwheat and black tartary buckwheat. The shell of common tartary buckwheat is yellow and white; Black tartary buckwheat is a pearl black tartary buckwheat with black shell and high nutritional value, and is called "black pearl".

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