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The peanut

The peanut

๐Ÿ“– In short

The peanut is an amazing plant: it flowers above the ground, then buries its fruits underground to ripen there! Although people sometimes call it a nut, it's really a legume, like broad beans, lentils and beans.

๐Ÿคฉ Did you know?

  • Peanut seeds are about 50% oil.
  • The stalk that pushes into the ground can be 18 centimeters long.
  • Peanuts are rich in protein.
  • Peanuts are grown a lot in Sudan, India and China.

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๐ŸŒŸ Fruits underground

When a peanut flower fades, a little stalk grows down towards the ground and pushes into the soil, and at its tip grows the pod with the peanuts inside.

๐Ÿ” Oil and butter

Peanuts are very rich in oil, about half their weight. They're pressed for cooking oil and ground into delicious peanut butter.

๐Ÿ’ก The scientist Carver

The American scientist George Washington Carver discovered hundreds of uses for peanuts, and taught farmers to grow them to improve the soil.

๐ŸŽฏ Watch out for allergies

Some people are very allergic to peanuts and can get ill if they eat or even touch them. So don't share food with peanuts in it without asking first.

๐Ÿ“ธ More pictures

The peanut
The peanut
The peanut

๐Ÿงฉ Test yourself

1 Where do peanuts ripen?

2 The peanut belongs to the group of:

3 Peanut seeds are about ?? % oil.

4 Which picture shows โ€œThe peanutโ€?

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๐Ÿ“ท Picture sources: Wikimedia Commons