Pengshui Buckwheat

Pengshui Buckwheat

Pengshui buckwheat is a Geographical Indication Certification Trademark.

　　Pengshui buckwheat is a specialty of Pengshui County in Chongqing Municipality. It has been awarded a National Geographical Indication Certification Trademark.

　　Buckwheat, scientifically known as Fagopyrum tataricum, is divided into common buckwheat and black buckwheat. Common buckwheat has a yellowish-white outer shell; black buckwheat, also known as pearl black buckwheat, is hailed as the "black pearl" and features a deep black outer shell, with extremely high nutritional value.

　　In 2013, "Pengshui Buckwheat," applied for by the Pengshui Miao-Tujia Autonomous County Buckwheat Association, was approved and registered as a China National Geographical Indication Certification Trademark by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, with trademark registration number: 12422861.