Cicer arietinum (species)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > planta (vegetación) > Angiospermae (division) > Magnoliopsida (class) > Fabales (order) > Fabaceae (family) > Cicer (genus)
Descripción
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.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- erebinthos (species) [el]
- chick-pea (species) [en]
- chick pea (species) [en]
- chickpea (species) [en]
- garbanzo (species) [en]
- Bengal gram (species) [en]
- chestnut bean (species) [en]
- gram (species, chick-pea) [en]
- chich (species) [en]
- dwarf pea (species) [en]
- garavance (species) [en]