Later the Portuguese introduced peanuts to Africa. There peanuts were quickly recognized as a valuable food source that would grow in soil too barren to sustain other crops.
तेथे काही काळातच, शेंगदाणा मौल्यवान खाद्यपदार्थ बनला आणि इतर पीकांकरता योग्य नसलेल्या पडीक जमिनीतही तो उगवत असल्याचे तेथील लोकांच्या लक्षात आले.