Other conspecific taxa:

• Arachis glabrata (0 accessions)
• Arachis glabrata var. hagenbeckii (0 accessions)

Common names:

• cocos  (Source: Mansf Ency) - English
• perennial peanut  (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
• rhizoma peanut  (Source: Pl Res SEAs) - English
• amendoim-bravo  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• mendoim-do-campo-baixo  (Source: Bonplandia) - Portuguese
• maní perenne  (Source: Biol Agron Arachis) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder; forage
• Environmental: soil improver; soil improver

Distributional Range:

Native

Southern America

• BRAZIL: Brazil [Goiás (s.), Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, São Paulo]
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Corrientes (n.), Misiones] Paraguay, [Alto Paraná, Amambay, Caaguazú, Central, Concepción, Cordillera, Guairá, Itapúa, Misiones, Alto Paraguay, Paraguarí, San Pedro] Uruguay


Cultivated

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
• INDO-CHINA: Thailand
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

• United States (s.)

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Cuba

References:

1. Gimenes, M. A. et al. 2002. Genetic relationships among Arachis species based on AFLP. Genet. Molec. Biol. 25:349-353.
2. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
3. Krapovickas, A. & W. C. Gregory. 1994. Taxonomía del género Arachis (Leguminosae). Bonplandia 8:102-105. Note: comments on the large range of this taxon, and on its morphological variability; crosses with different species of different section mostly resulted in sterile hybrids; in crosses with members of sect. Arachis hybrids did not produce flowers, except with Arachis batizocoi
4. Mallikarjuna, N. & D. C. Sastri. 2002. Morphological, cytological and disease resistance studies of the intersectional hybrid between Arachis hypogaea L. and A. glabrata Benth.. Euphytica 126:161-167. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
5. Mallikarjuna, N. 2002. Gene introgression from Arachis glabrata into A. hypogaea, A. duranensis and A. diogoi. Euphytica 124:99-105. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
6. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
7. Nóbile, P. M. et al. 2004. Genetic variation within and among species of genus Arachis, section Rhizomatosae. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 51:299-307.
8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
9. Simpson, C. E. et al. 1994. Chapter 4. Reproductive biology and the potential for genetic recombination in Arachis. Biology and agronomy of forage Arachis. 43-52.
10. Stür, W. W. & J. Ndikumana. 1995. Cap. 16. Experiencia regional con Arachis forrajero en otras áreas tropicales: Asia, Africa y el Pacífico. Biology and agronomy of forage Arachis. (Spanish ed.) 202-214.
11. Valls, J. F. M. & C. E. Simpson. 1994. Chapter 1. Taxonomy, natural distribution, and attributes of Arachis. Biology and agronomy of forage Arachis. 1-18.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://agb.amvmt.lt/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=400513. Accessed 27 balandžio 2026.