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[[File:Peanut 9417.jpg|thumb|right|''Bhuchanaka'', ''Arachis hypogaea'']]
 
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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.
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'''Arachis hypogaea''' is an annual plant with erect or prostrate stems up to 70cm long. 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.
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==Uses==
 
==Uses==
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{{Uses|Rheumatism}}, {{Uses|Blood disorders}}
  
 
==Parts Used==
 
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{{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.
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{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|Young pods}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}.
  
 
==Chemical Composition==
 
==Chemical Composition==
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Peanut is one of the most important crops in the world, both for vegetative oil and as a protein source.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
  
 
==Common names==
 
==Common names==
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{{Common names|sa=|en=Earthnut, Groundnut|gu=Magaphali, Singdana|hi=Chinabadam, Mungphali|kn=ಕಡಲೆಕಾಯಿ Kadalekaayi, ನೆಲಗಡಲೆ Nelagadale|ks=|ml=Kappalanti, Nilakatala|mr=Badamchini, Bhuimuga|pa=|ta=Manila-k-kottai, Manila-p-payaru|te=Nelakadale}}<ref name="Common name"/>
  
 
==Properties==
 
==Properties==
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===Dravya===
 
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==Identification==
 
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{{Leaf|Compound|Alternate| Leaves stipulate, pinnate with two opposite pairs of leaflets, alternately arranged in a 2/5 phyllotaxy on main axis; distichous on higher order branches. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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{{Leaf|Compound|Alternate| Leaves stipulate, pinnate with two opposite pairs of leaflets, alternately arranged in a 2/5 phyllotaxy on main axis.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
  
 
===Flower===
 
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{{Flower|Bisexual|Axillary|Yellow||Flowers pea-like, enclosed between two bracts, one simple, subtending a very short peduncle, the other bifid, subtending the pedicel; sessile, but appear to be stalked after growth of a tubular hypanthium just before anthesis. Petals, orange, yellow, cream or rarely white;  Stamens 10, sterile filaments usually 2, anthers 8 (sometimes 9, rarely 10), 4 globose, uniloculate, alternating with 4 oblong, 3 of which are biloculate and 1, opposite the standard, uniloculate. The tip of the ovary, bearing from 1–5 ovules, grows out from between the floral bracts, bearing with it the dried petals, calyx lobes and hypanthium; creating a unique floral stucture—the peg. The peg quickly turns down toward the soil and thrusts its tip with its ovules several centimeters into the soil where the tip turns horizontally and develops into the pod. }}
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{{Flower|Bisexual|Axillary|Yellow||Flowers pea-like, enclosed between two bracts, one simple, subtending a very short peduncle, the other bifid, subtending the pedicel.}}
  
 
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{{Fruit|Pod|1 cm long x 0.5 cm thick to 3.5 cm x 1.5 cm||an indehiscent legume up to 10 cm long; seeds 1–5||}}
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{{Fruit|Pod|1 cm long x 0.5 cm thick to 3.5 cm x 1.5 cm||Indehiscent legume up to 10 cm long; seeds 1–5||}}
  
 
===Other features===
 
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}
  
 
==How to plant/cultivate==
 
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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==
 
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==Photo Gallery==
 
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313676701_Chemical_Constituents_and_Pharmacological_Activities_of_Arachis_hypogaea_-_A_Review Chemistry]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Arachis_hypogaea.html"morphology"]</ref>
 
  
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Arachis_hypogaea.html Morphology]</ref>
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<ref name="Common name">[https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/a/arachis-hypogaea Common name]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Arachis+hypogaea Cultivation]</ref>
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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* [https://pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Arachis+hypogaea Arachis hypogaea on pfaf.org]
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* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/arachis-hypogaea Arachis hypogaea on sciencedirect.com]
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* [https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Arachis_hypogaea_(PROTA) Arachis hypogaea on plantnet-project.org]
 
[[Category:Herbs]]
 
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Latest revision as of 19:10, 17 June 2020

Bhuchanaka, Arachis hypogaea

Arachis hypogaea is an annual plant with erect or prostrate stems up to 70cm long. 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.

Uses

Rheumatism, Blood disorders

Parts Used

Seeds, Young pods, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Peanut is one of the most important crops in the world, both for vegetative oil and as a protein source.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada ಕಡಲೆಕಾಯಿ Kadalekaayi, ನೆಲಗಡಲೆ Nelagadale
Hindi Chinabadam, Mungphali
Malayalam Kappalanti, Nilakatala
Tamil Manila-k-kottai, Manila-p-payaru
Telugu Nelakadale
Marathi Badamchini, Bhuimuga
Gujarathi Magaphali, Singdana
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English Earthnut, Groundnut

[2]

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Compound Alternate Leaves stipulate, pinnate with two opposite pairs of leaflets, alternately arranged in a 2/5 phyllotaxy on main axis.

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Axillary Yellow Flowers pea-like, enclosed between two bracts, one simple, subtending a very short peduncle, the other bifid, subtending the pedicel.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Pod 1 cm long x 0.5 cm thick to 3.5 cm x 1.5 cm Indehiscent legume up to 10 cm long; seeds 1–5

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

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.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Wild state.

Photo Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Chemistry
  2. ↑ Common name
  3. ↑ Morphology
  4. ↑ Cultivation

External Links

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