Description
The Peanut Tree produces spectacular clusters of red pods 8 to 10cm long. These split along one side to reveal the shiny black edible nuts. The nuts look and taste like peanuts, and can be eaten fresh or roasted.
Peanut Tree – Sterculia quadrifida
$10.00
The Peanut Tree produces spectacular clusters of…
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SKU: 0524P
Category: Plants
Tags: Malvaceae (formerly Sterculiaceae), Sterculia quadrifida
Plant family: Malvaceae (formerly Sterculiaceae)
Plant origin: Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Fruit description: The Peanut Tree produces spectacular clusters of red pods 8 to 10cm long. These split along one side to reveal the shiny black edible nuts. The nuts look and taste like peanuts, and can be eaten fresh or roasted.
Flowers: The flowers are inconspicuous, creamy white, and produced in Summer. They have a pleasant lemon fragrance.
Growing conditions:
Uses: Eat the nuts dry or roasted any way you would use peanuts, such as salads, satays, curries, snacks, biscuits, paste, garnish on Asian dishes.
Medicinal uses:
Pollination requirements: Separate Male and Female flowers on the same tree.
Harvest time Use the nuts when the pods split open.
Plant relatives
Special features:
Grown by method: Seed Grown Pot size: 100mm
Plant growing Height and Width for pots or in the ground planting: Grows to 2.5 metres high by 2 metres wide if Planted in a Pot. Grows 10 metres high by 6 metres wide if Planted in the Ground.
Shipping plant pot or planter bag size: 100mm