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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

Parts Used

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

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.

[3]

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

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

Photo Gallery

References

External Links