Description of Cultivated Tartary Buckwheat

Abstract Tartary buckwheat is one of the cultivars of Fagopyrum , whose species name is Fagopyrum tataricum (L) Gaertn and whose English name is Tartary buckwheat. Tartary buckwheat is called phapar in India, tite phapar in Nepal, and bjo in Bhutan. In China and Nepal, it is also called bitter buckwheat. Tartary buckwheat is mainly grown in the south of China, India, the southern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, and Pakistan, etc. The grains of Tartary buckwheat are rich in proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals, as well as rutin, quercitin, and other flavonoids that other Gramineae crops don’t contain. Hence, Tartary buckwheat has considerable nutritional and medicinal values, which is considered as an ideal functional food source for humans.