Arachis hypogaea L.

Arachis hypogaea L.

Status: Accepted
Genus: Arachis L.
Tribe: Aeschynomeneae
References: [210][754][801][1430][1645][1941][3182]

Other names:

Arachis hypogaea L. Subsp. oleifera A.Chev. [Synonym] [3182]
Arachis nambyquarae Hoehne [Synonym] [3182]

Common Names:

Arachide [1915] [14]
CacahouŠte [1915]
CacahuŠte [1915]
CacahuŠtes [2157]
Earthnut [3066]
Goober [1902]
Groundnut [14] [1902] [1915] [1941] [2264] [2909]
Man¡ [1645]
Man¡ Largo [2157]
Monkeynut [454] [2201] [3066]
Peanut [14] [1430] [1645] [1902] [1915] [1941] [2264] [2968]
Pindels [1430]
Pistach [1790]
Pistache [1941] [2157]
Pistache de Terre [1915]

Descriptors:

Habit:
- Herb
Lifespan:
- Annual
Stems:
- Not climbing
Source(s):
- 1988(Africa)Lock JM
- 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
- 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
- 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
- 1991(W Asia)Lock JM & Simpson K
- 1993 Adams BR
- 1993 Polhill RM
- 1993 Zarucchi JL
- 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
- 1998 Bisby FA
- 1999-05 Heald J
Conservation Status:
- Cultigen not known in the wild

Uses:

Domestic [1862]
Environmental [1862]
Food and Drink [1941] [2264] [2968] [210]
Forage [210]
Medicine [1862]

Geographical Distribution:

Africa [1765]
- Angola-ISO [216]
- Burundi [236]
- Cameroon [14]
- Chad [64]
- Djibouti [1765]
- Equatorial Guinea-ISO [8]
- Ethiopia [24]
- Gabon [16]
- Gambia The [14]
- Ghana [14]
- Guinea [14]
- Guinea Bissau [14]
- Ivory Coast [14]
- Liberia [14]
- Malawi [237]
- Mali [14]
- Mozambique [237]
- Namibia-ISO [8]
- Niger [78]
- Nigeria [14]
- Rwanda [220]
- Sao Tome & Principe [217]
- Senegal [14]
- Sierra Leone [14]
- South Africa [8]
- Sudan [29]
- Tanzania [210]
- Togo [14]
- Uganda [210]
- Zaire [236]
- Zambia [237]
- Zimbabwe [237]

Asia [1179] [1790] [1862] [1914] [1929] [1937] [1938] [1939] [1957] [1969] [2014]
- China [1179]
- India [1862]
- India-ISO [1914]
- Indonesia-ISO [1969]
- Iraq [1862] [1939]
- Japan [1862]
- Laos [1937]
- Pakistan [1938]
- Sabah [1790]
- Sri Lanka [1957]
- Taiwan [1929]
- USSR [2014]
- Vietnam [1937]

Australasia [261] [1880]
- Australia [1880]
  - Queensland [1880]
- Papua New Guinea [261]

Caribbean [1056] [1290] [1409] [1430] [1790] [2157]
- Antigua-Barbuda [1790]
- Barbados [1790]
- Cuba [1409]
- Dominican Republic [2157]
- Grenada [1790]
- Guadeloupe [1290] [1790]
- Haiti [2157]
- Jamaica [1056]
- Martinique [1290] [1790]
- Montserrat [1790]
- Puerto Rico [1430]
- St Martin-St Barthelemy [1790]
- St Vincent [1790]

Central America [1117] [1188] [1470] [2156]
- Belize [1242]
- Costa Rica [1658]
- El Salvador [2156]
- Guatemala [1645]
- Mexico(North & Central) [1470]
- Mexico(South East) [1117] [1188]

Europe [1862]
- Spain [1862]

Indian Ocean [1915] [1941] [1982] [3053] [3054] [3060] [3067]
- Comoro Is [3054]
- Madagascar [1982]
- Mauritius [3067]
- Mayotte [3054]
- Reunion [3053]
- Rodrigues [3060]
- Seychelles [1941]

Middle East [1869]
- Turkey in Asia [1869]

North America
- United States [1271] [1431]

Pacific Ocean [1940] [2235] [2264] [2265] [2266] [2968]
- Fiji [1940] [2264]
- New Zealand(North) [2265]
- New Zealand(South) [2265]
- Niue [2266]
- Northern Marianas [2235]
- Society Is [2968]

South America
- Argentina [1430]
- Bolivia [1289]
- Brazil [1292] [1414] [1430] [1442] [1645] [1658]
- Colombia [1292]
- French Guiana [1408]
- Peru [1442]

Notes:

A major world crop, ranking thirteenth among food crops. [2909]
Cultivated in 80 countries between 40 degrees N and 40 degrees S. [2909]
19.5 M hectares produced 22.7 M tonnes in 1988 (1165kg/ha). [2909]
Probable area of origin in NW Argentina & S Bolivia. [2909]
Five other gene centres in Brazil (3), Bolivia and Peru. [2909]
Now a major crop in W.Africa, India and USA. [2909]
Cultivated as a marginal crop in many developing countries. [2909]
Over 13,000 accessions in the groundnut germplasm repository at ICRISAT. [2909]
Subsp. hypogaea contains 2 botanical varieties: hypogaea and hirsuta. [2909] [2915]
Ssp.fastigiata contains 4 bot.vars:fastigiata,vulgaris,peruviana,aequatoriana. [3182]

Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:54:23