Peanut

Arachis hypogaea

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  • Flower name
    Peanut
  • Scientific name
    Arachis hypogaea
  • Aliasピーナッツ, 落花生, Peanut, ナンキンマメ, 南京豆, ジーマーミ, groundnut
  • Place of originSouth America 
  • Place of floweringField
  • Flowering seasonJune, July

What is Peanut

Peanut or groundnut, scientific name:Arachis hypogaea) is an annual grass and vegetables of the frachis genus , of the fabaceae department nativen to South American Andean plateau. Seeds are edible. Summer branches is bloom Yellow Butterfly-shaped flowers in the axils and flower later called the gynophore growth into the soil and the fruit. This depends on the that the fruit grows from the fallen flower names. And harvest in the fall, with a shell without shells, dried and boiled and salted and unsalted that is sold. Fruit and peanuts (Peanut) is known in English. To Japan during the Edo period came from overseas, so alias refers to spot (the peanut), Okinawa, and peanut (ground beans). Peanut tofu made with peanut is similar to Sesame tofu and texture. Southern crackers with peanut. Peanut butter also is.Provided is nutritious, causing serious allergies to specific allergens.

Generic name: peanut or groundnut, scientific name:Arachis hypogaea, origin: South America , Life-form: year grass, height: 25-50 cm, flowering time: June-July, flower diameter: 1 cm, flower color: yellow, harvest : from October ,varieties: Satonoka,Nakateyutaka, ingredients: vitamins and proteins, allergy: substances


  • Order
    Fabales
  • Family
    Fabaceae
  • Genus
    Arachis
  • Species
    A. hypogaea
  • Type of flower
    Left-right symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Gross inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Butterfly shape
  • Leaf type
    Pinnate compound leaf
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life type1 year grass and vegetables.
  • Flower colorsYellow
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorBrown
  • Height25.0 ~ 50.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.0 ~ 1.0 cm

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