Peanut or Mani PRODUCT NAME
Arachis hypogaea L. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Peanut or Mani |
| Local Name: | Filipino: Mani |
| Family: | Leguminosae |
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| Product Description: | This plant is rather extensively grown in the Philippines and yields the edible nuts known as peanuts or ground nuts, from which arachis oil is obtained by expression |
| NTFP Classification: | Exudates and extracts, Food and food ingredients (plant-derived), Other commercial and industrial uses |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | It is cultivated |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | nuts |
| Uses: | Edible nut and nut oil is used as a salad oil, especially as a cheaper substitute for olive oil |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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