Fagopyrum
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Fagopyrum (beech wheat, from the likeness of the fruit to a beech-nut). Polygonaceae. Probably only ( 2 species, of Eu. and N. Asia.Quick-growing annuals, with alternate deltoid or hastate lvs., small whitish fls. in racemes or panicles, 5-parted calyx, 8 stamens, 1-loculed ovary ripening into a floury 3-angled achene.—Both species are grown for the grain, from which flour is made; and in horticulture sometimes used as a catch-crop or green crop in orchards and elsewhere for the good effect on the land. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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