Arachis hypogaea
The story
The unusual underground fruiting habit of this legume, known as geocarpy, caught the attention of the famous botanist Carl Linnaeus. Fascinated by a plant that buries its own pods to mature, he drew from the Greek language to name the species hypogaea, which literally means 'under the earth.'
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- Family
- Fabaceae
How to use it
This species is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions by both small-scale and large commercial producers, who grow it as a valuable grain legume and as an oil crop.
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In the kitchen
The peanut is a widely cultivated grain legume and oil crop grown specifically for its edible seeds, which develop inside protective underground pods.
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About
The peanut, also known as the groundnut, goober, goober pea, pindar or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds, contained in underground pods. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics by small and large commercial producers, both as a grain legume and as an oil crop. Underground fruiting (geocarpy) is atypical among legumes, which led botanist Carl Linnaeus to name the species hypogaea, from Greek 'under the earth'.
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Arachis hypogaea
- Slug
- arachis-hypogaea
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Arachis
- Species
- hypogaea
- Wikidata QID
- Q37383
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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