Peanut originated in Brazil and Peru in America, and was introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty. It has been cultivated for more than 400 years. Small-fruited peanuts were first introduced to China, but now big seeds were introduced to Yantai and Penglai along the Shandong coast in the late Qing Dynasty, and then gradually spread widely.

In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, peanuts were widely planted in China's coastal areas, and peanut varieties were introduced from South America many times, the latest being 1887. Until the last years of Qianlong, peanuts were still precious things in banquets, which were difficult for ordinary people to eat.

Europe once imported peanuts from China, so some places in Europe still call them "China nuts". In the Flora of Congo (18 18), the Brown family in Congo said that "peanuts were introduced from China to India, Ceylon and Malay Archipelago, and later to Africa."

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China branch

Although peanuts are widely distributed in China, their growth and development need certain temperature, moisture and suitable growth period, so the production layout is relatively concentrated. From 2008 to 20 12, there were 14 provinces in Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Guangdong, Liaoning, Sichuan, Anhui, Guangxi, Hubei, Jiangxi, Kyrgyzstan, Hunan, Jiangsu and Fujian with planting area of10.5 million mu.

World distribution

Mainly distributed in Asia, Africa and America, peanut production in these three regions accounts for more than 99% of the world's total output. Among them, the output of peanuts in Asia is 24.006 million tons, accounting for 67.20% of the world total output. The main producers are China, Indian, Indonesian and Myanmar.

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