Groundnut

The peanut belongs to the botanical own circle of relatives Fabaceae, usually referred to as the legume, bean, or pea own circle of relatives. Like maximum different legumes, peanuts harbor symbiotic nitrogen-solving micro organism in root nodules. The potential to restoration nitrogen approach peanuts require much less nitrogen-containing fertilizer and enhance soil fertility, making them precious in crop rotations.

Peanuts are comparable in flavor and dietary profile to tree nuts together with walnuts and almonds, and, as a culinary nut, are regularly served in comparable methods in Western cuisines. The botanical definition of a nut is "a fruit whose ovary wall will become difficult at maturity". Using this criterion, the peanut isn't a nut.