Peanut Arachis hypogaea

Classification

Faboideae [subfamily]
Arachis [genus] (1)
hypogaea [species]

Classification

Faboideae [subfamily]
Arachis [genus] (1)
hypogaea [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Curaçao
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  • Saba
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  • Sint Maarten
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
    		•
  • Indigenous (1) - Saba
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten
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    Distribution description Probably native to Brazil, but now very widely cultivated throughout the tropics.

    Publications

    • Boldingh, I. 1909. The flora of the Dutch West Indian Islands St. Eustatius, Saba and St. Martin. 321 pp. E.j. Brill., Leiden.
    • Howard, R.A. 1988. Dicotyledoneae - Part 1. In: Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands. 4: 673. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
    • Stoffers, A.L. 1979. Fabaceae. Flora of the Netherlands Antilles 3: 61-123.