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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Bambara groundnut
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Phaseoleae]]
| genus = ''[[Vigna]]''
| species = '''''V. subterranea'''''
| binomial = ''Vigna subterranea''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|(L.)]] Verdc.
}}

The '''Bambara groundnut''' (or '''Bambarra groundnut''') is a member of the family [[Fabaceae]].  According to some authors it is ''Voandzeia subterranea'', but others place it in ''[[Vigna]]''.  The plant originated in [[West Africa]].

The bambara groundnut ripens its pods underground, much as the [[peanut]] (also called a ''groundnut'').  They can be eaten fresh or boiled after drying.

== External links ==
*[http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MV014 Bambara Groundnut -- Voandzeia subterranea (L.) Thouars]
*[http://www.cee.mtu.edu/~jeannis/Groundnuts.html Bambara Groundnut ... a Link from the Past and Resource for the Future]
*{{ITIS|ID=506274|taxon=''Vigna subterranea''}}

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[[Category:Faboideae]]