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The peanut (Arachis hypogaea), also known as the groundnut, [2] goober (US), [3] goober pea, [4] pindar (US) [3] or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics by small and large commercial producers, both as grain legume [5] and as an oil crop. [6]
Apios americana, sometimes called the American groundnut, potato bean, hopniss, Indian potato, hodoimo, America-hodoimo, cinnamon vine, or groundnut (not to be confused with other plants in the subfamily Faboideae sometimes known by that name) is a perennial vine that bears edible beans and large edible tubers.
It has been called the peanut cactus. [2] This plant should not be confused with Echinopsis silvestrii, a synonym of Echinopsis albispinosa, a species with a very different appearance. Chamaecereus silvestrii has long stems about 1 cm (0.4 in) across. Orange flowers up to 4 cm (1.6 in) wide appear in late spring.
Arachis hypogaea, the peanut; Arachis villosulicarpa, a perennial peanut species; Vigna subterranea, the Bambara groundnut; Macrotyloma geocarpum, the Hausa groundnut; Roots and tubers: Apios americana, the American groundnut or potato-bean; Conopodium majus, called the kippernut among many other names; Panax trifolius, or dwarf ginseng
Bunchosia glandulifera, commonly known as peanut butter fruit, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the acerola family, Malpighiaceae, that is native to Central America and South America. [1] It produces small orange-red fruits of sticky and dense pulp, with a flavour and aroma resembling that of peanut butter .
Apios is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.It contains seven species of perennial climbing herbs or scandent shrubs. Several members of this genus are known to have edible, tuberous root
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Its name is derived from the Bambara ethnic group. [6] The plant originated in West Africa. As a food and source of income, the Bambara groundnut is considered to be the third most important leguminous crop in those African countries where it is grown, after peanut and cowpea. The crop is mainly cultivated, sold and processed by women, and is ...