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VOANDZEIA SUBTERRANEA [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A tropical leguminous African creeping herb ... that ripens its edible fruits underground.

OBS

Agricultural food products (pulse - food grain).

Key term(s)
  • groundnut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Légumineuse cultivée pour sa graine comestible, qui ressemble à un haricot, de grande importance dans l'alimentation humaine en Afrique tropicale. (Famille des papilionacées).

OBS

Etym. dérive d'un nom malgache, voandzou, signalé par Thouars en 1806.

OBS

Produit agricole alimentaire (légume sec - grain de plante).

OBS

voandzou; pistache de terre : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Producción hortícola
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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