[Sca-cooks] peanuts

[Terry Decker]

Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) originate in the highland region between Brazil
and Bolivia.  They were introduced into Africa by the Portuguese.

The Benin or Guinea groundnut, which is a completely separate species, is of
West African origin, but it probably never made it into Europe in period.

Bear

>I am confused by this talk of peanuts being discovered in the New
>World as I thought that peanuts like watermelons originated in Africa.
>
> Your Humble Servant
> Solveig Throndardottir
> Amateur Scholar