Peanuts

Peanuts

Peanut is a leguminous plant, it is considered one of the most important oily crops, and its native country is in the South American continent, especially the country of Brazil, and in the continent of Asia, especially in Syria, which is home to bean farming, Banias, Tartous, Homs and Jabla.

Peanuts are described as a herbaceous plant. Its leafy leaves are four-sided and wide. It has a green color. The fruit is about 3 to 5.5 cm long. The fruit is produced from one seed to three seeds. Its roots are deep and contain large branches. The bacterial nodes, whose legs are standing, half-standing, or predator, are covered with popper, and consist several salamies. The seed is characterized by two-layer, red, earth, or crimson.

Categories of peanuts

Peanuts are classified in terms of age to:

• Early varieties, where he is between ninety days and ninety-five days.
• Half-early varieties, which are between one hundred and ten days, and one hundred and fifteen days.
• Late varieties, where his age is between one hundred and twenty-five days, and sixty-one days.

The appropriate environmental factors to cultivate

The peanut crop needs a number of environmental factors:

• The climate is appropriate, where it needs to grow to a mild, warm climate.
• Water, the most important component needed by the crop, but many of it spoils the crop.
• Soil, so that the crop needs to soil light, well-ventilated, and moderate humidity.

Benefits of peanuts

Peanuts have many benefits:

• It is a rich source of energy, because it contains vitamins, nutrients, minerals and antioxidants.
• Reduces cholesterol.
• Growth of the human body because it is rich in protein.
• Fight stomach cancer, and prevent colon cancer.
• It protects against nerve diseases, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and infections.
• Reduces the chance of a stroke.
• Antioxidant.
• Protects the skin, because it contains vitamin E, makes the skin very smooth and youthful and youthful, and protects it from aging and wrinkles.
• It plays an important role in the body’s diverse functions, because it contains potassium, copper, iron, magnesium, calcium, and zinc.
• Dispose of gallstones.
• Keeps the body from gaining weight and reduces obesity.
• Activates fertility.
• Regulates the level of sugar in the blood.
• Fighting Depression.
• Treats skin diseases, example: psoriasis, eczema, pimples, protects the skin from any damage.
• Strengthens the cells of the brain, because it contains fatty acids.
• Eliminates body toxins.