where do peanuts come from?

Question

I was thinking abot this the other day, and where do they come from? Trees? The ground? Labratories?

Answer 1

Peanuts grow in sandy soil, under the ground. The plant and leaves sprout above ground.

Answer 2

The peanut bush is a low growing bush. President Jimmy Carter was famous for being the Peanut Farmer who became President of the US.

To see a picture of the little bush and learn more check out this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut

As a member of the legume family of plants Peanuts are a very important crop. Most crops withdraw nitrogen from the soil, which has to be returned with fertilizer, but legumes, are known as nitrogen fixers because they return nitrogen to the soil. With the policy of crop rotation the major crop is planted and harvested, then the field is planted with a legume to return the nitrogen to the soil so the field can be used next year to plant another crop. This bypasses the old method where the farmer had to leave half of his fields fallow (with no crops) each year.

The plant seems to have been first used by farmers in South America and European traders spread it throughout the world. Peanut oil is a commonly used product, and a lot of candy uses peanuts. However, there has been an increasing incidence of children born with an allergy to peanuts.

In these cases the allergy isn't a simple one, instead it creates a reaction similar to that from a person who is allergic to bees. The victim enters anaphylactic shock where their breathing shuts down as their lungs become paralyzed. The only treatment is a very fast response with an epi-pen that dispenses a shot of adrenaline to shock the body back to life. Even a trace of peanut oil is enough to be fatal.

Answer 3

The peanut is in fact neither a pea, nor is it a nut. It is a legume. they are native to South America, and today mainly come from the United States, Argentina, Sudan, Senegal, and Brazil. The actual peanut is a seed pod that is actually underground attatched to the root of the plant.

Answer 4

Peanuts are nodules on the roots of peanut plants. It is a type of legume; these plants use the nodules to "fix" nitrogen from the atmosphere in the soil for their use. Legumes are often planted to help increase the amount of nitrogen in the soil after it has been depleted by other crops.

Answer 5

They grow on the ground. In 19th century America they were considered a cheap trash food and fed to slaves.

Answer 6

Peanuts are tubular and grow in the soil under the plant just like potatoes do.

Answer 7

Actually, these answers are all incorrect. Peanuts come from the Peanut Gallery.

Answer 8

Charles Schultz.

Answer 9

They grow under the ground much like potatoes.

Answer 10

The Planters factory.