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Buckwheat
Fagopyrum esculentum
Buckwheat · Almindelig boghvede · Ble noir · Blé noir · Boekweit · Boekwiet · Boghvede · Bokvete · Brank · Buchweizen · Buckwheat (EN) · Common Buckwheat
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, Iraq
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Carbuncle, Colic, Diabetes, Enterorrhagia
Science studied: ARACHIDIC-ACID, ARGININE, ASCORBIC-ACID, BORON
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Polygonaceae
Scientific name: Fagopyrum esculentum
Common names: Buckwheat, Almindelig boghvede, Ble noir, Blé noir, Boekweit, Boekwiet, Boghvede, Bokvete, Brank, Buchweizen, Buckwheat (EN), Common Buckwheat
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Iraq, Elsewhere.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Carbuncle
- Colic
- Diabetes
- Enterorrhagia
- Eruption
- Flux
- Frostbite
- Gangrene
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- Glaucoma
- Gonorrhea
- Hair-Tonic
- Hemoptysis
- Hemorrhage
- Retinitis
- Telangiectasia
- Carminative
- Diarrhea
- Gravel
- Sore
- Abscess
- Antidote(Centipede)
- Hypertension
- Cholera
- Hemophilia
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Iraq
- Elsewhere
Documented cultural uses
- Carbuncle
- Colic
- Diabetes
- Enterorrhagia
- Eruption
- Flux
- Frostbite
- Gangrene
- Glaucoma
- Gonorrhea
- Hair-Tonic
- Hemoptysis
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- Hemorrhage
- Retinitis
- Telangiectasia
- Carminative
- Diarrhea
- Gravel
- Sore
- Abscess
- Antidote(Centipede)
- Hypertension
- Cholera
- Hemophilia
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ARACHIDIC-ACID
- ARGININE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- BORON
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CAMPESTEROL
- CARNAUBIC-ACID
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CYANIDIN
- (+)-CATECHIN
- FAT
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- IODINE
- ISOLEUCINE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LYSINE
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- LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE
- MALIC-ACID
- NICKEL
- OLEIC-ACID
- OXALIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-SERINE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- PROLINE
- PROTEIN
- QUERCETIN
- RUTIN
- SELENIUM
- SODIUM
- STIGMASTEROL
- THIAMIN
- VALINE
- VITEXIN
- HOMOORIENTIN
- LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLSERINE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- THREONINE
- CALCIUM
- CYSTINE
- FAGOPYRIN
- IRON
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- NIACIN
- PHENYLALANINE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SILICIC-ACID
- TRYPTOPHAN
- WATER
- TYROSINE
- PHOSPHOLIPIDS
- LEUCINE
- ASH
- PHYTIN
- ALANINE
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CHLORINE
- CITRIC-ACID
- FIBER
- HCN
- HISTIDINE
- KILOCALORIES
- L-SACCHAROPINE
- LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE
- MALTASE
- MOLYBDENUM
- ORIENTIN
- POTASSIUM
- SAPONARETIN
- SERINE
- STARCH
- STEARIC-ACID
- TOCOPHEROL
- (+)-EPICATECHIN
- (-)-EPICATECHIN
- (-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE
- 3,4-DIHYDROXY-2-PIPERIDINOMETHANOL
- 3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE
- FLAVONOIDS
- HYPERIN
- ISOORIENTIN
- ISOVITEXIN
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- PROANTHOCYANIDINS
- PROCYANIDIN-B1-O-GALLATE
- PROCYANIDIN-B-2-3'-O-GALLATE
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- SALICYLATES
- SYRINGIC-ACID
- VANILLIC-ACID
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- GLYCINE
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- ALPHA-AMYRIN
- ARACHIDONIC-ACID
- AROMADENDRIN-3-O-BETA-GALACTOSIDE
- BEHENIC-ACID
- BETA-AMYRIN
- DOCOSENOIC-ACID
- DODECADIENOIC-ACID
- DODECATRIENOIC-ACID
- ERIODICTYOL-5-O-METHYL-ETHER-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,4)-O-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE
- FAGOPYRUM-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-BWI-1
- FAGOPYRUM-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-BWI-2
- FAGOPYRUM-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-BWI-3
- FAGOPYRUM-TRIPEPTIDE
- HEPTADECENOIC-ACID
- HEXADECENOIC-ACID
- HEXAN-1-AL
- HYPEROSIDE
- LAURIC-ACID
- MARGARIC-ACID
- METHIONINE
- MYRISTOLEIC-ACID
- NONAN-1-AL
- OCTAN-2-OL
- PENTADECANOIC-ACID
- PENTADECENOIC-ACID
- PHYTIC-ACID
- PROCYANIDIN-B-2
- PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-BWI-1
- QUERCITRIN
- RHAMNOSE
- N-TETRADECANE
- NORVALINE
- SALICYLALDEHYDE
- SHIKIMIC-ACID
- TAXIFOLIN-3-O-XYLOSIDE
- TRIDECAN-1-OIC-ACID
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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