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The contents of Groundnut cake was merged into Peanut. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

Move to Dalbergieae, Pterocarpus clade

Peanut is within Arachis, which opens thusly:

Arachis is a genus of about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family (Fabaceae), native to South America, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade of the Dalbergieae.

it would make sense for the peanut article to be updated accordingly, no? Mr kitehead (talk) 22:25, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oncom is another culinary use in SE Asia

Oncom is another culinary use in SE Asia. 160.19.3.145 (talk) 17:54, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 9 March 2025

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In the page on Peanut, under History, the following statement is included: "Peanuts were introduced to the US during the colonial period and grown as a garden crop. According to Bernard Romans, groundnuts were introduced into colonial East Florida by Black people from Guinea, where the plant is also endemic.[23]" That is incorrect and misleading, in that Peanut was not endemic or native to Guinea. Suggest the statement make it clear Bernard Romans was writing in 1774, and perhaps believed the plant to be endemic to Guinea. Simplest solution, just delete "where the plant is also endemic"

Jim Folsom 129.222.134.43 (talk) 21:19, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done and made simpler with Special:Diff/1279670147. Next time, WP:BEBOLD with copyediting. Zefr (talk) 21:46, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Based upon the banner presented when editing, this IP editor isn't able to edit the article. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 02:45, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Peanut butter

Under History, we read "Peanut butter was developed in the 1890s in the US." Meanwhile, in the Wiki Peanut Butter article, we read "Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, obtained the first patent for a method of producing peanut butter from roasted peanuts using heated surfaces in 1884." I note a current popular promotion of the Canadian origin of modern peanut butter arising online. Seems the patent confirms this. 2001:56A:F0E9:9B00:D861:1087:FDAD:A775 (talk) 11:35, 14 March 2025 (UTC)JustSomeWikiReader[reply]

Fixed in the 'History' section - the 1884 US patent by Canadian Marcellus Edson confirms peanut butter was first manufactured in Montreal, 20 years before the first US appearance of peanut butter in St. Louis, 1904. Zefr (talk) 15:28, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Jerry killers" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Jerry killers has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 June 19 § Jerry killers until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 10:07, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]