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Fagopyrum cymosum, also known as tall buckwheat,[2] is a domesticated plant used in traditional Chinese medicine,[3] for animal feed, and as an ornamental plant.[2] It is native to much of China, and to Bhutan, Nepal, India, Burma, and Vietnam.[3]

Fagopyrum cymosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Fagopyrum
Species:	F. cymosum
Binomial name
Fagopyrum cymosum (Trevir.) Meisn.[1]
Synonyms[1]
Coccoloba cymosa Lour. Fagopyrum acutatum Mansf. ex K.Hammer Fagopyrum chinense Raf. Fagopyrum dibotrys (D.Don) H.Hara Fagopyrum megaspartanium Q.F.Chen Fagopyrum pilus Q.F.Chen Fagopyrum triangulare Meisn. ex Wall. Fagopyrum tristachyum (H.Lév.) Gross Helxine acutata Kuntze Oxygonum tristachyum (Baker) H.Perrier Polygonum acutatum Lehm. Polygonum cymosum Trevir. Polygonum dibotrys D.Don Polygonum labordei H.Lév. & Vaniot Polygonum tristachyum Baker Polygonum tristachyum H.Lév.

Chemistry

The flowers are known for their high content of fagopyrin, a naphthodianthrone that provokes phototoxic effects known as fagopyrism.[4]

References

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