Arachis hypogaea L.

English: Groundnut, Peanut

German: Erdnuss

Mandarin: 落花生 (luo hua sheng)

Portuguese: Amendoim

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Arachis (2)

            Epithet: hypogaea L. (1)

hypogaea => subterranean, growing be low the surface

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

Check for Arachis hypogaea at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
• [460] Arachis hypogaea - Plants For A Future database
• [1204] Arachis - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
• [1357] Arachis hypogaea - Flora of China @ efloras.org