Grechka
Black wheat is one of the healthy foods recommended to be used against various health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, obesity and celiac. Although it is thought to be a grain due to its name, buckwheat is not a grain, but a grain-like (pseudo-cereal) plant belonging to the sorrel family (Polygonaceae). Also known as Grechka, English is "buckwheat" and Latin is "Fagopyrum esculentum". The edible part of buckwheat is its triangular seeds. It has a slightly aromatic, non-dominant bulgur-like taste.
The largest buckwheat producer in the world is China. It realizes about half of the total production. This is followed by Russia and Ukraine. Poland, Japan, America, Canada and France are also countries where buckwheat is grown commercially. Buckwheat is a plant originating from Central Asia. It was first cultivated in China and Japan, then spread to Russia and Europe, and from there to the Americas in the early 17th century. Over time, it spread to the East and West, to colder climatic regions. The fact that buckwheat is a healthy food and can be grown even on unproductive soils has played an important role in its preference among fallow grain products. In addition, its rapid growth and development, its ability to grow in cold climates and its ability to adapt to difficult conditions have been factors in its spread over a wide geography.