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[R] Fagopyrum esculentum Moench (Polygonaceae).
Fr: Blé noir; Ge: Buchweizen; Sp: Trigo sassaceuo; It: Grano saraceno; Pt: Trigo sarraceno.
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- Annual cereal introduced to Europe in the Middle Ages.
- The seeds are black, triangular achenes (*) and are chiefly used in human nutrition (Buckwheat (sarrazin) crêpes in France and black polenta in Italy ) and for the nutrition of fowl and pigs.
- Buckwheat may be sown as a "catch crop" (3 month cycle) after an annual spring forage crop. As a principal cultivation, sowing occurs in April-June; harvesting in September-October.
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- Diseases: poorly known.
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- Principal European pests: the black bean aphid (Aphis fabae).

[R] Images

* Buck wheat (Minost C.)
a: stem ramose; b: leaf entire, triangle-shaped; c: flowers small, greenish, arranged in clusters of cymes; d: achene black or grey.
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* Asparagus: root bunch and inflorescence (Minost C.)
1: root bunch.
a: roots; b: bud; c: turion.
2: stem with flowers.
a: small leaves; b: female flower; c: fruit red.
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* Brussels' sprouts plant (Minost C.)
a: leaf; b: bud or sprout (of Brussel's sprouts).

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