Archive for December, 2010

Jungle Peanut or Peanut from the Jungle???

Jungle Peanut History Jungle Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.) of the leguminous plant family fabaceae is from the western Amazon, grown in the present territories of the Shuar-Ashuar communities. Found primarily in Northern Peru and most of the southern part of Ecuador. Jungle peanut is believed to be an ancient ancestor of the common peanut, with [...]

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