Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Cicer arietinum
Scientific Name and Description
Cicer arietinum L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Cicer album hort.
Cicer arientinium L. [Spelling variant]
Cicer arientinum L. [Spelling variant]
Cicer edessanum Bornm.
Cicer grossum Salisb.
Cicer nigrum hort.
Cicer physodes Rchb.
Cicer rotundum Alef.
Cicer sativum Schkuhr
Cicer sintenisii Bornm.
Ononis crotalarioides M.E.Jones
Cicer arientinium L. [Spelling variant]
Cicer arientinum L. [Spelling variant]
Cicer edessanum Bornm.
Cicer grossum Salisb.
Cicer nigrum hort.
Cicer physodes Rchb.
Cicer rotundum Alef.
Cicer sativum Schkuhr
Cicer sintenisii Bornm.
Ononis crotalarioides M.E.Jones
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common name | Chickpea, Bengal gram, gram, chhola, chhana, chana, or channa, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, or Egyptian pea |
| English | chick pea, garbanzo bean |
| Hindi | but, cana, chana, chane-ka-sirkah, channa, channo, chunna, cunna, |
| Kannada | chana, channa, hasi kadale, kadale, kadale kaalu, kadle, kalle, karikadale, kempukadale, kudoly, soppukadale |
| Malayalam | katala |
| Marathi | chana, chane, chano, harbar, harbara, harbharaa,Chole |
| Sanskrit | balabhaishajya, balabhojya, cana, canaka, canakah, chanaka, chennuka, harimantha, jivana, kanchuki, krishnachanchuka, sakalapriya, sugandha, vajibhakshya, vajimantha |
| Tamil | arenu, arimantai, arimantakam, arukkanam, canakam, canam, chunda kadalai, citayam, cul, culakacceti, culakam, curakacitam, curam, curanan, kadalai, kadalai kadi, kadalai pulippu, katalai, kontaikkatali, mookkukkadalai, mukantam, mukilikakkatalai, muttukacceti, muttukam, muttukkampayaru, narali, nattukkatalai, nikantakacceti, nikantakam, pakantam, parcoti, patumalarcci, porikatalai, tukkarancam, tuviputam, ukantacceti, ukantakacceti, ukantakam, ukantam, vacipatcam, vakkarancappayaru, vanacankatam,Kadalai, Senaga pappu |
| Telugu | chanagalu, chanakamulu, harimandhakam, harimandhakamu, jennaga, sanuagalu, senaga, senagalu, shenagalu |
| Tibetan | mon sran tsa na |
| Urdu | but, chana, dalchana muqqashar, habbat-ul-khazara, habbat-ul-khazra, habbat-ul-khizra, hub-at-khizra, hubt-ul-khazra, nakhood bariyan, nakhud (chana), safaid chanay ki dal |
| Bengali | Chhol |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Stem
Seeds
Ethnopharmacology use
Cicer arietinum L
Habit - Herb
Parts used - Seed, stem
Application - Contraceptive; liver diseases
Treatment - General; women
References - Bhogaonkar and Kadam 2006
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Bhogaonkar and Kadam 2006
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Wikipedia. 2024. "Chickpea." Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified June 2, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickpea.