Peanut Kacangg

Description of Peanuts

Peanut or Arachis hypogaea L is a leguminous plant that belongs to the Fabaceae tribe.

This plant originates from the American continent, especially from the Brazillia or South America regions.

At first this plant was brought and spread to the European continent which then spread widely to the Asian continent to Indonesia.

It can thrive in areas with an altitude of 500 meters above sea level. Rainfall ranges from 800 mm to 1300 mm per year.

The temperature required for cultivating this plant ranges from 28C to 32C.

If the temperature is below 10C it can inhibit the growth of peanuts, because the flowers do not grow properly.

This plant requires a humidity of about 65% to 75% with a soil pH ranging from 6.0 to 6.5.

In Indonesia, it is included in the second most important legume after soybeans.

This plant grows in shrubs as high as 30 to 50 cm with small, compound leaves.

These peanuts are also known as una beans, suuk (Sundanese), jebrol beans, bandung beans, tuban nuts, kole beans, and proud nuts.

Or in English peanuts are called peanuts or groundnuts.

This plant is rich in fat and contains high protein, iron, vitamin E, calcium, vitamin B complex, phosphorus, vitamin A, vitamin K, lecithin, choline and calcium.

The protein content in these beans is much higher than meat, eggs and soy beans.

These nuts also have a sweet taste and are usually widely used to make various kinds of cakes such as peanut cakes.

Peanut cultivation in Indonesia is divided into two types, namely the upright type and the creeping type.

In the upright type it will grow straight or slightly tilted upwards with fruit found in the segments near the clumps. In general, short maturities and fruit maturity in unison.

Whereas for the creeping type, the plant will grow sideways with a long main stem and the fruit is found on the segments adjacent to the ground and is long-lived.

The creeper type peanut is preferred because it has a higher yield potential.