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Peanut flower. The peanut is an annual herbaceous plant growing 30 to 50 centimetres (12 to 20 in) tall. [9] As a legume, it belongs to the botanical family Fabaceae, also known as Leguminosae, and commonly known as the legume, bean, or pea family. [1]
It has a hard, woody shell 8–12 mm (3 ⁄ 8 – 1 ⁄ 2 in) thick, which contains eight to 24 wedge-shaped seeds 4–5 cm (1 + 5 ⁄ 8 –2 in) long (the "Brazil nuts") packed like the segments of an orange, but not limited to one whorl of segments. Up to three whorls can be stacked onto each other, with the polar ends of the segments of the ...
A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible. In general usage and in a culinary sense, many dry seeds are called nuts, but in a botanical context, "nut" implies that the shell does not open to release the seed (indehiscent).
The tree can grow as tall as 14 meters (46 feet), but the dwarf cultivars, growing up to 6 m (20 ft), prove more profitable, with earlier maturity and greater yields. The cashew nut is edible and is eaten on its own as a snack, used in recipes, or processed into cashew cheese or cashew butter. The nut is often simply called a 'cashew'.
The plant protein in peanuts provides an impressive amount of the essential macronutrient, which aids in muscle growth, repair, and recovery while also keeping you full longer by preventing rapid ...
The shell of the pistachio is naturally a beige color, but it may be dyed red or green in commercial pistachios. Originally, dye was applied to hide stains on the shells caused when the nuts were picked by hand. [50] In the 21st century, most pistachios are harvested by machine and the shells remain unstained. [50]
The plant reaches a height of 2 metres (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft), with alternate, heart shaped, serrated leaves, 10 to 12 centimetres (4 to 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) long and 8 to 10 cm (3 + 1 ⁄ 4 to 4 in) wide, that have petioles 2–6 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long. It flowers five months after being planted, and bears seeds around the eighth month.
Commercial production of pecans was slow because trees were slow to mature and bear fruit. More importantly, the trees grown from the nuts of one tree have very diverse characters. To speed nut production and retain the best tree characteristics, grafting from mature, productive trees was the apparent strategy. However, this proved technically ...