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Cicer arietinum (species)


Identification code: 300375533



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Alternative term/s

  • Bengal gram
  • chestnut bean
  • chich
  • chick pea
  • chick-pea
  • chickpea
  • dwarf pea
  • garavance
  • garbanzo
  • gram

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Scope note:

Species of annual plant widely grown for its nutritious seeds, used in a variety of ways worldwide. Evidence of humans eating chick-peas dates to 7,000 BCE. They were one of the first plants cultivated, known from Neolithic Jericho. They have historically been used medicinally, thought to increase sperm and milk, to provoke menstruation, and to treat kidney stones.

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