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Arachis hypogaea

(Arachide)

Overview

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Afrikaans:

Apeneutjie, Grondboontjie

Common Names in Arabic:

Fûl Sûdânî, Ful Sudane

Common Names in Aymara:

Chokopa

Common Names in Azerbaijani:

Erfyndygy

Common Names in Chinese:

Chang Sheng Guo, Hua Sheng, Luo Hua Sheng

Common Names in Czech:

Podzemnice Olejná

Common Names in Danish:

Jordnød, Jordnødder, Jordnoedder

Common Names in Dutch:

Aardnoot, Grondnoot, Pindaplant

Common Names in English:

Arachide, Cacahou, CacahouŠte, Cacahu, CacahuŠte, CacahuŠtes, Earth-Nut, Earthnut, Goober, Goober Pea, Ground Nut, Ground-Nut, Groundnut, Man, ManÁ, ManÁ Largo, Monkey Nut, Monkeynut, Peanut, Pindels, Pistach, Pistache, Pistache De Terre

Common Names in Estonian:

Maapähkel

Common Names in Finnish:

Maapähkinä, Maapaehkinae, Maapahkina

Common Names in French:

Arachide, Cacahuète, Pistache De Terre, Pistachier De Terre

Common Names in German:

Echte Erdnuss, Erdmandel, Erdnuß, Erdnuss

Common Names in Greek:

Arahida, Arapico Fistiki

Common Names in Guarani:

Manduvi

Common Names in Hawaiian:

Mumphali, Mungphali

Common Names in Hindi:

Moong Phali, Mung-Phali, Muungaphalii, मूगफली

Common Names in Italian:

Arachide, Aracide, Mandorla Di Terra, Nocciolina, Pistacchio Di Terra

Common Names in Japanese:

Nankin-Mame, Nankinmame, Piinatsu, Piinattsu, Rakkasei

Common Names in Korean:

Ttang Kong

Common Names in Malay:

Katjang Tanah

Common Names in Malayalam:

Nellakkadalai

Common Names in Moldavian:

Alune Depemynt

Common Names in Mongolian:

Khuasan

Common Names in Nepalese:

Mungphalii

Common Names in Polish:

Amendoim, Mancarra, Mendobi, Orzacha Podziemna, Orzech Ziemny

Common Names in Portuguese:

Amendoim, Amendoim Verdadeiro (Brazil), Aráquida, Jinguba, Mancarra, Mendoim (Brazil), Mendubi, Mondubim (Brazil), Mudubim, Mudubim (Brazil)

Common Names in Quechua:

Inchik, Inchis

Common Names in Russian:

Alune Americane, Arachis, Arakhis, Arakhis Podzemnyi, Kitaiskie Oreshki, Zemljanoj Orech, Zemlyanoi Orekh, арацхис, земляной орецх

Common Names in Spanish:

Alcagüeses, Aráquido, Avellana Americana, Cacachuet, Cacahuate, Cacahueta, Cacahuete, Maní, Manî, Mani

Common Names in Swedish:

Jordnød, Jordnöt

Common Names in Swiss:

Jordnot

Common Names in Tamil:

Verikaddalai

Common Names in Thai:

Thùa Lísong

Common Names in Ukrainian:

Kitaiski Boby, Zemlyani Gorikhy

Common Names in Urdu:

Mugphalii

Common Names in Uzbek:

Eryongok

Description

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Genus Arachis

Herbs, annual or perennial , erect or prostrate . Leaves with partly adnate stipules, paripinnately 3-4-foliolate, stipels absent. Inflorescence solitary or 2-7-flowered spikes; bracts membranous, primary ones biapiculate. Calyx membraneous, filiform , 5-lobed, the 4 upper lobes united , the lower more or less free . Flowers yellow, sometimes striped with red. Vexillum, rounded , shortly narrowed at the base , wings free, keel beaked , incurved . Stamens 8-10, monadelphous , 4-5 anthers elongate , alternating with 4-5 short ones. Ovary subsessile , linear 1-7-ovuled, style very long, soon deciduous; stigma minute, terminal . Fruit 1-6-seeded, slightly constricted , functionally indehiscent, thick walled, developing below the soil, having been pushed beneath by the considerable lengthening of the gynophore . Seeds ovoid or oblong ; cotyledons rich in oil .

A genus with 19 S. American species, one of which is widely cultivated throughout the warmer parts.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: HerbClimbing: Not Climbing

Flowers: Flower Color: yellow

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 6-12" tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,333 meters (0 to 10,935 feet).[2]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Culture: Space 24-36" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.1 • Maximum pH: 6.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Arachis hypogaea oleifera A. Chev. • Arachis nambyquarae Hoehne

Notes

Publishing author : L. Publication : Species Plantarum 1753 (1 May 1753)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Arachis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 75 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. appressipila (Amendoim Bravo) · A. archeri (Amendoim Do Campo Limpo) · A. glabrata (Hagenbeck's Peanut) · A. glabrata var. glabrata (Mendoim Do Campo Baixo) · A. hypogaea (Arachide) · A. hypogaea fastigiata (Spanish Peanut) · A. hypogaea hypogaea (Virginian Peanut) · A. hypogaea var. fastigiata 'Argentine' (Spanish Peanut) · A. hypogaea var. fastigiata 'Comet' (Spanish Peanut) · A. hypogaea var. fastigiata 'Dixie Spanish' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea var. fastigiata 'Florispan' (Spanish Peanut) · A. hypogaea var. fastigiata 'Gfa Spanish' (Spanish Peanut) · A. hypogaea var. fastigiata 'Improved Spanish 2b' (Spanish Peanut) · A. hypogaea var. fastigiata 'Natal Common' (Spanish Peanut) · A. hypogaea var. fastigiata 'Shaffers Spanish' (Spanish Peanut) · A. hypogaea var. fastigiata 'Spancross' (Spanish Peanut) · A. hypogaea var. fastigiata 'Spanette' (Spanish Peanut) · A. hypogaea var. fastigiata 'Spanhoma' (Spanish Peanut) · A. hypogaea var. fastigiata 'Spantex' (Spanish Peanut) · A. hypogaea var. fastigiata 'Starr' (Spanish Peanut) · A. hypogaea var. fastigiata 'Wilco I' (Spanish Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Agratech 1-1' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Agratech 108' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Agratech 120' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Andru 93' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Andru Ii' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Ap-3' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Bradford Runner' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'C-99r' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Carolina Black' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Carver' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Carwile's Virginia' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Deakin' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Dixie Runner' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Early Runner' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Flavor Runner 458' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Florida Mdr 98' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Florunner' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Forde' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Georgia Bold' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Georgia Green' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Georgia Runner' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Gk-7' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Gregory' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Holt' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Marc I' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Menzies' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Middleton' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Nc V11' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Norden' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Perry' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Shulamit' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'So95r' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Southern Runner' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Sunoleic 97r' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Tennessee Red' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Va 92r' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Vc2' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Virginia Jumbo' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Virugard' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea 'Wheeler' (Peanut) · A. hypogaea ''southeastern Runner 56-15'' (Peanut) · A. kuhlmannii (Amendoim Bravo) · A. macedoi (Amendoim Do Resfriado) · A. major (Amendoim De Aquidauana) · A. monticola (Peanut) · A. pintoi (Forage Peanut) · A. prostrata (Grassnut) · A. pusilla (Amendoim De Caracar) · A. repens (Amendoim Rasteiro) · A. sylvestris (Amendoim Do Porco) · A. triseminata (Mundubí) · A. tuberosa (Amendoim De T) · A. villosulicarpa (Amendoim Bravo) · A. williamsii (Manicillo)

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Data Sources

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Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. "Arachis". in Flora of Pakistan Page 356.. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Mean = 605.260 meters (1,985.761 feet), Standard Deviation = 745.120 based on 272 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 2012-05-01