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[[File:Peanut 9417.jpg|thumb|right|''Bhuchanaka'', ''Arachis hypogaea'']]
'''Arachis hypogaea ''' is an annual plant with erect or prostrate stems up to 70cm long. The root system consists of a well-developed taproot with many lateral roots, up to 135cm deep, but generally restricted to the upper layers of the soil. The peanut is a very commonly used food plant, valued mainly for its edible seed and oil, but also having medicinal and other uses. It is widely cultivated throughout the tropics and sub-tropics for its seed, there are many named varieties.
==Uses==
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|stemYoung pods}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootLeaves}}.
==Chemical Composition==
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
===Veerya===wild state.
===Vipaka===
==How to plant/cultivate==
Peanuts can be grown from the tropics to the warm temperate zone, with commercial crops succeeding between latitudes 40° south and 40° north and up to an elevation of 1,500 metres.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
<ref name="Leaf">[https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Arachis_hypogaea.html"morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Arachis+hypogaea Cultivation"]</ref>
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