Peanut flowers grow above ground. Where do the peanuts themselves develop?
Underground
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Peanut pods develop underground, even though the flowers appear above it. After a flower is pollinated, a stalk elongates and grows down into the soil, where the developing pod takes shape. Botanists call this way of producing fruit ‘geocarpy.’ The part we eat is a seed inside that buried pod, and peanuts belong to the legume family alongside beans and peas. Their familiar name gives little away about either their relatives or their unusual growing habit.
Peanut pods develop underground, even though the flowers appear above it. After a flower is pollinated, a stalk elongates and grows down into the soil, where the developing pod takes shape. Botanists call this way of producing fruit ‘geocarpy.’ The part we.
Underground is the one to remember. Peanut pods develop underground, even though the flowers appear above it. The familiar peanut crop has dozens of wild relatives.
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