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Chickpea
| Chickpeas | |
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| Sprouted chickpea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Cicer |
| Species: | C. arietinum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cicer arietinum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The chickpea or chick pea (Cicer arietinum) is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae,[2][3] cultivated for its edible seeds. Its different types are variously known as gram[4][5] or Bengal gram;[5] chhola, chhana, chana, or channa; garbanzo[5] or garbanzo bean; or Egyptian pea.[4] It is one of the earliest cultivated legumes, the oldest archaeological evidence of which was found in Syria.[6][7][8]
Chickpeas are high in protein. The chickpea is a key ingredient in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines, used in hummus, and, when soaked and coarsely ground with herbs and spices then made into patties and fried, falafel. As an important part of Indian cuisine, it is used in salads, soups and stews, and curry, in chana masala, and in other food products that contain channa (chickpeas). In 2022, India accounted for 75% of global chickpea production.[9]
- ^ "Cicer arietinum L." The Plant List. 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Feedipedia. "Chickpea (Cicer arietinum)". www.feedipedia.org. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ Kew Science. "Cicer arietinum L. – Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Baynes, T. S.; Smith, W. R., eds. (1880). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 36–37.
- ^ a b c "Cicer arietinum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ S, Bell (March 31, 2014). "The small but mighty chickpea". Phys.org. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Advances in Agronomy. Elsevier. 2001. ISBN 978-0080543994. Retrieved 26 February 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lucas, Leilani; Fuller, Dorian Q. (2014), "Chickpea: Origins and Development", in Smith, Claire (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, New York, NY: Springer, pp. 1384–1387, doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2324, ISBN 978-1-4419-0465-2, S2CID 82687381, retrieved 2023-12-24
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