花生原产于南美洲的巴西和秘鲁。古代印第安人叫花生为“安胡克”。当时欧洲航海家把花生从南美洲传到西班牙。那时人们把花生做为珍奇食品,并迅速在欧洲传遍。到了16世纪初期,花生又从南美洲经过印度洋和太平洋传播到非洲以及亚洲各地。在17世纪初期,花生再从非洲传播到北美洲、 Peanuts native to Brazil and Peru in South America. Ancient Indian called peanut “An Hook.” European voyagers at the time passed peanuts from South America to Spain. At that time, peanuts were used as exotic food and quickly spread throughout Europe. By the early 16th century, peanuts were spread from South America to the rest of Africa and Asia through the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. In the early 17th century, peanuts spread from Africa to North America,