Peanuts belong to beans.

beans generally refer to all leguminous plants that produce pods. Peanut belongs to the genus Arachis in Leguminosae, and it can produce pods, that is, fruits developed from single carpels, which split along the back seam and abdomen seam after maturity, so peanut belongs to beans.

The peanuts we see in our daily life are often misunderstood as nuts, because the skin of peanuts is really hard and the inside is presented to everyone in the shape of fruit. However, peanuts actually belong to panicum miliaceum of Leguminosae and Arachis, and cannot be counted as nuts.

Distribution range of peanuts

Peanuts are widely distributed in China and planted everywhere. The main producing areas are Shandong, eastern Liaoning, Leizhou Peninsula in Guangdong, Huanghuaihe River area and coastal hills and sandy areas along the southeast coast.

Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces in the north are more. Shandong Peninsula, hilly areas in central and southern Shandong, the lower reaches of Luanhe River in eastern Hebei, the Yellow River in eastern Henan and Huaibei area in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces are the key peanut producing areas in northern China.