Erdnuss_Zahlen

Hardly anyone knows that it belongs also to the botanically family of legumes.
Only its English name reveals it a bit.

Meanwhile the German name Erdnuss indicates its curious nature:
After the fertilization of the flowers, the pollen tubes bend and drill into the soil.
The fruits ripe there and get harvested similar to potatoes. It seems quite easy to grow it yourself. Here are some tips.

Erdnuss

UPDATE 02/2016: Just discovered this unique peanut-species at the Biofach in Nürnberg: Striped Jungle Peanut.
It grows only in Indonesia, and there only on the islands Java and Flores. The taste is more intensive and the consistency softer.

JunglePeanuts

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Hardly anyone knows that it belongs also to the botanically family of legumes. Only its English name reveals it a bit… And it seems quite easy to grow it yourself. Here are some tips.