本文主要探討荷蘭時代傳入臺灣的花生，從原本純粹充作食用、維持地力的作物，到清末成為有著多樣化用途的重要經濟物產，並和臺灣人民的日常生活有著甚為密切之關係的歷史過程，除了透過生長環境、品種、傳入背景以及生產體系進行論述之外，亦從花生及其副產品的產銷網絡等面向，重建其在清代臺灣歷史中所扮演的角色。本文發現：花生在清代臺灣漢人社會中角色之轉趨重要之因，為其利用價值不斷被開發之緣故。同時，亦使其經濟效益不斷擴大，雖然也因為如此，使得其在消費、商貿環境中，逐漸受到愈多因素之制肘。但不可否認的是，外來物種的花生，其在清代臺灣漢人社會中角色的轉變，與荷蘭時代以來的漢人移民不斷嘗試多元運用有很大之關連。

This essay is to confer the ground-nut, which is passed in 17th century Taiwan. From the original utterly to eat and maintaining soil`s crops, become to a variety of purposes cash crops in the late 19th century Taiwan. And the history process that have close relationship with Taiwan people`s ordinary life. Not only to discuss the growing environment, varieties, incoming background and production system, but also to be geared the sales network about ground-nut and its aby-product, to rebuild a role in Taiwan History of Qing Period. This essay to discover that ground-nut`s use value was developed at every moment of the reason that its role gradually important in the Qing Han Chinese society in Taiwan. This process also let ground-nut`s economic benefits gradually important. Although because of this, let groundnut gradually more factors effect by consumption and business. Undeniable ground-nut, the exotic species, cause it change in Qing Han Chinese society in Taiwan. To have relations with Han Chinese immigrant try to multiple-use since the 17th century Taiwan.