Buckwheat, or common buckwheat, is a flowering plant in the knotweed family cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop, with cultivation originating around the 6th millennium BC in what is now Yunnan Province in southwestern China. Despite its name, buckwheat is not closely related to wheat, nor is it a true cereal or a member of the grass family, being related instead to sorrel, knotweed and rhubarb; it is considered a pseudocereal because the high starch content of its seeds allows it to be cooked and consumed like a cereal grain.
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Earliest Documented Use, From (Year)Wikipedia "Buckwheat" History: common buckwheat was domesticated and first cultivated in inland Southeast Asia, possibly around 6000 BC, most likely in the western Yunnan region of China. Connections
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