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The Bambara groundnut is very drought-resistant. [21] The minimal annual rainfall requirement is about 300 mm [11] and optimal annual rainfall is between 750 mm [11] and 1400 mm [11] and should not exceed 3000 mm. [11] Bambara groundnut can tolerate heavy rainfall, but it will result in yield losses if they happen at harvest. [19]
Peanut stew or groundnut stew, also known as maafe (Wolof, mafé, maffé, maffe), sauce d'arachide (French) or tigadèguèna is a stew that is a staple food in Western Africa. [1] While maafe is a dish from Senegal, tigadéguéna originates from the Mandinka and Bambara people of Mali .
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 ]
Peanuts were also used as food on slave ships to feed enslaved captives. Enslaved Africans in the Southern United States prepared meals using peanuts similar to how they used the African Bambara groundnut. Slaveholders considered the peanut "slave food," and was the reason white plantation owners did not eat peanut dishes prepared by their ...
—Bambara groundnut, Congo goober, hog-peanut, jugo bean, njugumawe (sometimes separated in Voandzeia) Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.—cowpea, crowder pea, Southern pea, Reeve's-pea, snake-bean Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica—catjang; Vigna unguiculata subsp. dekindtiana—wild cowpea, African cowpea, Ethiopian cowpea
Peanut nutrition. According to Dawn Menning, M.S., R.D.N., a registered dietitian with Nutu App and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), one ounce of raw peanuts contains the following:
The Portuguese encouraged peanut production. Vigna subterranea (Bambara groundnut) and Macrotyloma geocarpum (Hausa groundnut) are also grown. Black-eyed peas are also part of the diet. Palm oil is harvested. Common dishes include soups and stews. Common ingredients include yams, sweet potato, cassava, onion, tomato and plantain.
Groundnut may refer to: Seeds that ripen underground, of the following plants, all in the Faboideae subfamily of the legumes: Arachis hypogaea, the peanut; Arachis villosulicarpa, a perennial peanut species; Vigna subterranea, the Bambara groundnut; Macrotyloma geocarpum, the Hausa groundnut; Roots and tubers: