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Fabaceae
Peanut Flower
Arachis hypogaea
Humble origins yielding great nourishment.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Arachis
- Native to
- South America, Brazil, Bolivia
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- annual legume
- Height
- 30–50 cm
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- sandy, well-drained, slightly acidic
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 7–11 (annual)
- Lifespan
- annual
Did you know
- After pollination, the flower stalk bends downward and buries itself in the soil, where the peanut develops underground — a process called geocarpy.
- Peanuts are not true nuts — they are legumes more closely related to beans and lentils.
- George Washington Carver developed over 300 products from peanuts, including dyes, plastics, and gasoline.
- Each peanut plant can produce 40 to 50 flowers, but only a fraction successfully develop into pods.
- The peanut is one of the few plants whose fruit matures entirely underground, giving it the name 'groundnut'.
Color meanings
Yellow
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