Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Fagopyrum esculentum Moench

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Fagopyrum fagopyrum (L.) Karst, Fagopyrum sagittatum Gilib., Fagopyrum vulgare Hill, Polygonum emarginatum Roth, Polygonum fagopyrum L.

Common names:

Alforfon (1879, Spanish) (46)

Avorum nostrotum aetate (1879) (46)

Beech wheat [Beech-wheat] (1892-1923) (5, 6, 156)

Blé Noir (1892-1900?, French) (6, 158)

Blé sarrasin or sarrasin (1886-1892, French "Saracen wheat") (6, 110)

Brank (1882-1923) (5, 14, 107, 156, 158)

Buchweitzen or Buchweizen (1886-1900?, German, corrupted into buckwheat in English) (6, 110, 158)

Buckwheat (1840-Present) (3, 4, 5, 6, 19, 50, 72, 85, 93, 95, 106, 107, 110, 114, 156, 158)

Common buckwheat (1923-1949) (109, 138, 155)

Corn heath [Corn-heath] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Crap (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Ed-du (1886, Breton "black wheat") (110)

Faggina (1879, Italian) (46)

Faggina (1886, Italian) (110)

Fajol (1879, Spanish) (46)

Formentone aliis saresinum (1583, Caesalpinus) (107)

Gwinis-du (1886, Breton "black corn") (110)

Heath corn (1876?-1900?) (92, 158)

Heidekorn (1892, German) (6)

Heydenkorn (1552, Odenwald) (107)

Indian wheat (1900?) (158)

Kjo (1879, Japanese) (46)

Kouton (1886, Himalayas) (110)

Notch-seed buckwheat [Notch-seeded buckwheat] (1886-1919) (107, 110)

Ogal or ogla (1886, Himalayas) (110)

Phaphra or phaphar (1886, India) (110)

Saracen's-corn [Saracen's corn] (1876?-1923) (5, 92, 156, 158)

Saracen's-wheat [Saracen's wheat] (1913) (5)

Sarrasin (1900?, French) (158)

Soba (1879, Japanese) (46)

Tatarka (1879, Bohemian) (46)

Tatrika, tatrka, or tattar (1886, Slavic languages) (110)

Tatrikat (1879, Estonian) (46)

Tattar (1879, Polish) (46)

Trionum (ca. 1475, Thoedorus Gaza) (46)

Turcicum frumentum (1879?) (46)