peanut

Seeds: 8  / Botanical name: Arachis hypogaea

Your own little peanut plantation

The peanut isn't actually a nut at all, but botanically belongs to the legume family. The English name "peanut" is much clearer. However, cultivating your own small peanut plantation is always fun. The plant is an annual, herbaceous plant that grows to a height of 30 to 80 centimeters and flowers self-pollinating between May and August. After fertilization, the base of the carpel curls, burying the fruit in the soil, where the peanuts then ripen between July and September. The

originated in the South American Andes and later spread to Africa through the slave trade. Even today, the largest growing areas are located on the African and South American continents and in the USA.