Pictures of Flowers Buckwheat Pictures and Buckwheat Kind

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on February 6, 2009

Pictures of Flowers Buckwheat Pictures and Buckwheat Kind

Buckwheat is a crop plant. Despite the common name and the grain-like use of buckwheat, it is not a grass or cereal. It is often referred to as pseudo-cereal to emphasize that it is not related to wheat. The name buckwheat or beech wheat comes from its triangular seeds that resemble with the much larger seeds of the beechnut from the beech tree. Buckwheat was first cultivated in Southeast Asia from where it spread to Europe, Central Asia and Tibet.

Fruit of buckwheat is an achene, similar to sunflower seed with a single seed inside a hard outer hull. Starchy endosperm is white and makes up most or all of buckwheat flour. Coat of the seed is tan or green that darkens buckwheat flour. Hull is dark brown or black, some of which may be included in buckwheat flour as dark specks. Buckwheat noodles are used in plenty in Japan, Korea and Northern Italy. Buckwheat groats are often used in Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Buckwheat pancakes raised with yeast are also often eaten in several countries. Buckwheat is a good honey plant that produces a dark and mono floral honey. Buckwheat also finds its use in medicines.