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Macrotyloma geocarpum is also known as the ground bean, geocarpa groundnut, Hausa groundnut, or Kersting's groundnut.In French, it is often called la lentille de terre.M. geocarpum is an herbaceous annual plant and a crop of minor economic importance in sub-Saharan Africa, tolerant of drought, with a growth habit similar to that of the peanut.
Macrotyloma uniflorum is a perennial climbing plant with a rhizome, growing to a height of about 60 cm (24 in).The stem sprouts from the rhizome each year. It is clad in varying amounts of whitish hairs and bears alternate, trifoliate leaves with petioles up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long.
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:
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 ]
Grain legumes are cultivated for their seeds, and are also called pulses. The seeds are used for human and animal consumption or for the production of oils for industrial uses. Grain legumes include both herbaceous plants like beans , lentils , lupins , peas and peanuts , [ 67 ] and trees such as carob , mesquite and tamarind .
The grass spread quickly into connected natural areas in Baltimore and Carroll counties. By 1999 it was identified in Montgomery County at Wheaton Regional Park . [ 16 ] In 2006 it was identified in Prince George's County at Little Paint Branch Park [2] , the adjacent Beltsville Agricultural Research Center -East and the National Greenbelt Park .
Desmostachya bipinnata, commonly known as halfa grass, big cordgrass, and salt reed-grass, [3] is an Old World perennial grass, long known and used in human history. The grass is tall, tufted, leafy, perennial grass, branching from the base, erect from a stout creeping rootstock.
Digitaria sanguinalis is a species of grass known by several common names, including hairy crabgrass, [2] hairy finger-grass, [3] large crabgrass, crab finger grass, purple crabgrass. [4] It is one of the better-known species of the genus Digitaria , and one that is known nearly worldwide as a common weed.