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Summary
Physical Characteristics
Polygonum is a ANNUAL growing to 0.8 m (2ft 7in). It is in flower from July to September. The species is monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant) and is pollinated by Bees, flies.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils and can grow in very acid soils.
It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil.
Synonyms
Polygonum tataricum.
Habitats
Edible Uses
Leaves - raw or cooked[183, 272]. Acceptable raw when added in small quantities to mixed chopped salads, otherwise the leaves are much better cooked[K]. They are rich in rutin. Seed - cooked as a cereal[2, 46, 100, 105, 272].The seed can also be sprouted and used in salads, or ground into a powder and used as a cereal[183]. An edible oil is obtained from the seed[177, 183].
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| Figures in grams (g) or miligrams (mg) per 100g of food.
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Leaves (Fresh weight)
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- 0 Calories per 100g
- Water : 81.6%
- Protein: 1.9g; Fat: 0.3g; Carbohydrate: 10.2g; Fibre: 3.5g; Ash: 3.5g;
- Minerals - Calcium: 0mg; Phosphorus: 0mg; Iron: 0mg; Magnesium: 0mg; Sodium: 0mg; Potassium: 0mg; Zinc: 0mg;
- Vitamins - A: 0mg; Thiamine (B1): 0mg; Riboflavin (B2): 0mg; Niacin: 0mg; B6: 0mg; C: 0mg;
- Reference: [ 218]
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Medicinal Uses
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The bark is astringent[240].
Other Uses
None known
Cultivation details
A very easily grown plant, it prefers dry sandy soils but succeeds in most conditions including poor, heavy or acid soils[160] and even sub-soils. Prefers a cool moist climate, also succeeds in dry and arid regions. Tartarian buckwheat is hardier and more resistant to cold than the more commonly grown buckwheat, F. esculentum, though it does not yield so highly[132]. Occasionally cultivated for its edible seed in Europe and the Himalayas[50, 51], there is at least one named variety[183]. 'Madawaska' is more cold hardy and drought tolerant than the type[183].
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Propagation
Seed - sow from the middle of spring to early summer in situ. The seed usually germinates in 5 days[115]. The earlier sowings are for a seed or leaf crop whilst the later sowings are used mainly for leaf crops or green manure.
Other Names
If available other names are mentioned here
Found In
Countries where the plant has been found are listed here if the information is available
Weed Potential
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Conservation Status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :
| Related Plants
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| Latin Name | Common Name | Edibility Rating | Medicinal Rating |
| Polygonum alaskanum | Alaska Wild Rhubarb | 2 | 1 |
| Polygonum alpinum | Alpine Knotweed, Alaska wild rhubarb | 2 | 1 |
| Polygonum amphibium | Willow Grass, Water knotweed, Longroot smartweed, Water smartweed | 1 | 2 |
| Polygonum arenastrum | Small-Leaved Knotweed, Oval-leaf knotweed | 2 | 3 |
| Polygonum aviculare | Knotweed, Prostrate knotweed | 2 | 3 |
| Polygonum barbatum | Joint Weed | 1 | 1 |
| Polygonum bistorta | Bistort, Meadow bistort, Snakeweed | 3 | 3 |
| Polygonum bistortoides | American Bistort | 3 | 1 |
| Polygonum bungeanum | Bunge's smartweed | 1 | 0 |
| Polygonum coccineum | Water Smartweed | 1 | 0 |
| Polygonum conspicuum | | 1 | 0 |
| Polygonum convolvulus | Black Bindweed | 1 | 0 |
| Polygonum divaricatum | | 1 | 0 |
| Polygonum douglasii | Knotweed, Douglas' knotweed, Austin knotweed, Engelmann's knotweed, Johnston's knotweed, Large kno | 2 | 0 |
| Polygonum dumetorum | Climbing false buckwheat | 1 | 1 |
| Polygonum equisetiforme | | 1 | 0 |
| Polygonum fugax | | 3 | 0 |
| Polygonum hydropiper | Smartweed, Marshpepper knotweed | 2 | 2 |
| Polygonum japonicum | Japanese Knotweed, Mexican Bamboo, Japanese Knotweed | 3 | 3 |
| Polygonum lapathifolium | Curlytop Knotweed | 1 | 1 |
| Polygonum limosum | | 1 | 0 |
| Polygonum longisetum | Oriental lady's thumb | 1 | 0 |
| Polygonum maackianum | | 1 | 0 |
| Polygonum manshuriense | Asian Bistort | 0 | 1 |
| Polygonum microcephalum | | 1 | 0 |
| Polygonum minus | Pygmy smartweed | 1 | 0 |
| Polygonum molle | | 2 | 1 |
| Polygonum multiflorum | He Shou Wu, Tuber fleeceflower | 2 | 3 |
| Polygonum nepalense | Nepalese smartweed | 1 | 1 |
| Polygonum orientale | Prince's Feather, Kiss me over the garden gate | 2 | 2 |
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Botanical References
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