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The Bambara groundnut (or Bambarra groundnut) is a member of the family Fabaceae
Fabaceae

Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, which is commonly known as the legume family, pea family, bean family or pulse family....
. According to some authors it is Voandzeia subterranea, but others place it in Vigna
Vigna

The genus Vigna is in the plant family Fabaceae. The genus is named after Dominico Vigna, an Italian people botanist of the 17th century. They include some well-known and other less well-known beans formerly – and sometimes still, especially in non-scholarly sources – included in the genus Phaseolus....
. The plant originated in West Africa
West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries distributed over an area of approximately 5 million square km:...
. Still a traditional food plant in Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
, this little-known vegetable has potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare. The bambara groundnut ripens its pods underground, much as the peanut
Peanut

The peanut, or groundnut , is a species in the legume Fabaceae native to South America, Mexico and Central America. It is an annual plant herbaceous plant growing to 30 to 50 cm tall....
 (also called a groundnut
Groundnut

Groundnut can mean:* Seeds that ripen underground, of the following plants, all in the Faboideae subfamily of the legumes:** Arachis villosulicarpa...
).






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The Bambara groundnut (or Bambarra groundnut) is a member of the family Fabaceae
Fabaceae

Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, which is commonly known as the legume family, pea family, bean family or pulse family....
. According to some authors it is Voandzeia subterranea, but others place it in Vigna
Vigna

The genus Vigna is in the plant family Fabaceae. The genus is named after Dominico Vigna, an Italian people botanist of the 17th century. They include some well-known and other less well-known beans formerly – and sometimes still, especially in non-scholarly sources – included in the genus Phaseolus....
. The plant originated in West Africa
West Africa

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries distributed over an area of approximately 5 million square km:...
. Still a traditional food plant in Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
, this little-known vegetable has potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare. The bambara groundnut ripens its pods underground, much as the peanut
Peanut

The peanut, or groundnut , is a species in the legume Fabaceae native to South America, Mexico and Central America. It is an annual plant herbaceous plant growing to 30 to 50 cm tall....
 (also called a groundnut
Groundnut

Groundnut can mean:* Seeds that ripen underground, of the following plants, all in the Faboideae subfamily of the legumes:** Arachis villosulicarpa...
). They can be eaten fresh or boiled after drying.

Bambara groundnuts are also known as jugo beans or in Swahili, njugumawe. In the Republic of Zambia
Zambia

The Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
, bambara groundnuts are known as either ntoyo (ciBemba
Bemba language

This article refers to the Bemba language. For other uses, see Bemba .The Bemba language, Chibemba, also known as Cibemba, Ichibemba, Icibemba and Chiwemba, is a Bantu languages language that is spoken primarily in Zambia by the Bemba people and about 18 related ethnic groups....
) or katoyo (kiKaonde).

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