Senna Didymobotrya "Peanut Tree"

Hello everyone,

After my search for real peanut plants and without any result, only the seeds of peanuts, I was wondering if there are other plants which could be synonims of the real peanut plant.
Me and my dad found this plant; "senna didymobotrya", or just "Peanut Tree", but we couldn't explore if this was a synonim which could be used for breeding Morpho species.
Now the question is, does somebody has any experience with this plant and know if it is possible to breed Morpho's on it?

I hope you can help me!

Best wishes,

Lewis Jansen

Hello Johanna,

Thank you for the fast answer!

I used Wisteria several times but the caterpillars didn't like it and died very fast all the time so that's why I'm going to use another plant!
Trifolium was also an option for me and beside my house there are field totally filled with Trifolium! Haha,

But the caterpillars, will they eat from the Senna Didymobotrya or do the butterflies only lay eggs on it?
Because when they eat from it, I'm going to try to feed the caterpillars on these plants!

Hope you can answer this

Best wishes,

Lewis Jansen

Hello Gerd,

Thank you for your information! I already bought some seeds of the Peanut plant, but they never sprouted...
I will try it with some different plants

Best wishes,

Lewis jansen

Hello Merlin,

Thanks for your post
I've checked it, but they only sell seeds of peanuts, and I already have tried to put that peanuts in ground, but not one peanut seeds sprouted

Best wishes,

Lewis Jansen