Taxon:
Cicer arietinum L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:738. 1753
Verified:
01/20/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Bengal gram – chickpea – garbanzo – gram – French
pois chiche – German
Kichererbse – Italian
cece – Portuguese
grão-de-bico – Swedish
kikärt – Transcribed Chinese
ying zui dou –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | only cult. |
Cultivated
(only cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | pulse | | Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |