The fruits of peanuts, or simply peanuts, are widespread throughout the world. They are eaten in almost all countries in one form or another. In the USA, for example, peanut butter is very popular, and in Europe, and not only these crushed nuts are often added to desserts and a variety of sweet pastries.
It belongs to annual plants and is grass. In height, peanuts can reach 60-70 centimeters. The size of the peanut fruit ranges from 1.5 to 6 centimeters. Peanuts, strictly speaking, are not nuts. Biologists attribute it to legumes. He appeared in South America, most likely in the territory of the modern Republic of Peru. Peanuts came to Europe after the discovery of the New World, and not directly, but through Asia, where the sailors brought it. Therefore, it has long been called “Chinese nuts”. In Africa, peanuts are widespread due to the fact that it is able to grow well on soils that are not fertile enough for most other crops.
Peanuts make not only desserts, but also drinks, printing ink, insect killers, medicines and much more. In Russia, peanuts are grown in the southern regions. Fatty oil accounts for up to 53% of the mass of peanuts. On one plant can grow up to 40 nuts. More precisely, beans. A popular peanut butter in the USA is this chopped nut mixed with vegetable oil. Peanut allergy is more common than any other nut allergy.
Eating raw peanuts can lead to digestive upsets. Peanut protein is used in the manufacture of plastics, adhesives and artificial wool. A kilogram of these nuts contains about 6 thousand kcal. Harvesting peanuts is usually done about 5 months after planting them on the field. The word “peanuts” comes from a consonant word from the Greek language meaning “spider”. Most likely, it was named because of the similarity of the inshell pattern to the cobweb. During one of the lunar missions, peanuts visited the moon. The Incas left vessels with peanuts at burial sites.
