Plant Details

Accepted name:: Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn. [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fapar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kangra buckwheat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaspat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuqiao	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
kutu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
phapara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phaphar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siberian buckwheat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tartary buckwheat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tatary duckwheat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ukhal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ukhala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
苦荞	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
苦荞头	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦荞麦	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polygonum tataricum L. Sp. Pl.: 364 (1753).
Fagopyrum dentatum Moench Methodus: 290 (1794).
Fagopyrum rotundatum Bab. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18: 117 (1838).
Fagopyrum subdentatum Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 2: 436 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Fagopyrum suffruticosum F.Schmidt Reis. Amur-Land., Bot.: 170 (1868).
Fagopyrum tataricum var. potaninii Batalin Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 1894: 13 (1894).
Fagopyrum tataricum subsp. potaninii (Batalin) Ohnishi Fagopyrum 13: 4 (1993).
Fagopyrum tataricum var. rotundatum (Bab.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 387 (1866).
Fagopyrum tataricum var. vulgare Alef. Landw. Fl.: 387 (1866).
Helxine tartarica Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 553 (1891).
Phegopyrum tataricum (L.) Peterm. Fl. Bienitz: 92 (1841).
Polygonum occidentale Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 144 (1856), not validly publ.
Polygonum sinarum Desv. ex Meisn. Monogr. Polyg.: 62 (1826), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Fagopyrum tataricum (L) Gaertn.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Polygonum tataricum Gaertner	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polygonum tataricum L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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