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Plants That Changed The World

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« on: October 01, 2008, 10:56:23 am »










THE PEANUT



So highly was the peanut regarded in ancient Amazonian cultures that its image was cast in precious metals and buried with royalty.

There are probably more than 80 wild peanut species.

Amazonian natives eat both wild and cultivated varieties, both of which harbor the genetic variations that could help improve and protect harvests elsewhere from disease, drought, and temperature changes.

Peanuts became a basic source of protein for millions of people. Just as the potato improved nutrition and spurred population growth in Ireland, the peanut increased the protein intake in Asia and Africa.

It reached Africa aboard Portuguese ships and Asia aboard Spanish ships. In Europe, the peanut gained a foothold only as a source of oil and food for livestock.

Today, in the United States, the major use of the peanut crop is to make peanut butter.
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