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Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 741. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit: Fl.Per.: July-August.
Type: Type: “Brazil and Peru”; a specimen grown in Hort. Upsala, Linn.909/1 (LINN).
Distribution: Distribution: Probably originally native of Brazil, very widely cultivated throughout the Tropics.
Comment/Acknowledgements: Groundnut is a very valued crop for dried fruits (seeds) and for oil. Products like groundnut butter etc. are also very popular.
Map Location: B-7 Dir, Tamir Grah, cult., Sultanul Abedin 7781 (KUH); C-7 About 30 miles from Chakwal on way to Rawalpindi, cult., S.A.Faruqi & M.Qaiser 2904 (KUH); 6 miles from Talagang on way to Chakwal, Campbellpur, cult., M.Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 4533 (KUH); G-4 Karachi, Sewage Farm, Ruqayya Khan s.n. 14.1.1957 (KUH).

 

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Annual, erect or straggling herb, c. 30 cm long. Leaf stipulate, stipule 1.5-4.0 cm long, ciliate. Free part of petiole 1.5-7 cm long; leaflets 4, obovate or elliptic, 1-7 cm long, 0.7-3.2 cm wide, rounded or emarginate and mucronate at the apex, glabrous or sparsely pilose beneath. Flowers solitary axillary, pedicellate; primary bracts ovate-lanceolate, 1-1.4 cm long, 4-5 mm wide, biapiculate; secondary bracts similar but bifid. Hypanthium 2-4 mm long, pubescent. Corolla 0.7-1.3 cm long, yellow with red nerves. Stamens 8-9. Pod 2-6 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide, gynophore becoming 1-20 cm long. Seed subovoid, 1-2 cm long.
 
 
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