It also contains other bioactive components such as flavonoids, phenolic acids,[6] 2-hydroxybenzylamine and quercitrin.

[8] Known in Chinese as "bitter buckwheat" (Chinese: 苦荞麦; pinyin: kǔqiáomài) and in Japan as dattan-soba (韃靼蕎麦/ダッタンソバ, 'Tartary buckwheat'), the plant was domesticated as a crop in East Asia and is also being cultivated in Europe and North America.

[10] While not traditionally eaten in Japan, due to its high rutin content it was briefly popular as a health fad in Japan in the late 1990s.

[11] The plant has been cultivated in many parts of the world; however, when found among other crops it is considered a weed.

The most important difference when compared to the aroma of Fagopyrum esculentum is the absence of salicylaldehyde and presence of naphthalene.