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Arachis hypogaea

Plants

Family: Fabaceae · Genus: Arachis

Arachis hypogaea

Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen · public_domain

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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'.

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