MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Cicer names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 

Cicer arietinum L.

SYNONYM(S) : Cicer sativum Schkuhr.

ARABIC : Hummus (Hommos), Hhimmass, Hommos malana.

ARMENIAN : Sisér (Sisyr, Sisiér).

ASSAMESE : Butmah.

BENGALI : Butakala, Chanaabatulaa (Chanabartula), Chotobata (Chotobut).

BURMESE : Kalabèh.

CHINESE : Ying zui dou, Ji dou, Ji tou dou, Hui hui dou (medicinal name).

CZECH : Cizrna beraní.

DANISH : Kikært, Kikerært.

DUTCH : Keker, Kreukerwt, Kikkererwt, Sissererwt (Flemish), Sissererwten (Flemish).    

ENGLISH : Chick pea, Chickpea, Bengal gram, Garbanzo bean (USA), Garbanzo (USA).

FINNISH : Kahviherne.

FRENCH : Pois chiche, Cicérole, Gairance.

GERMAN: Echte Kicher, Kichererbse, Kichererbsen.

GREEK : Revithi (sing.), Revithia (plur.).

GUJARATI : Chanaa, Chaniaa.

HINDI : Chan, Channaa daal, Chanaa ( Chana - Rajasthan), Chunnaa. (Note : see these names in Hindi index ).

HUNGARIAN : Bagolyborsó, Csicseri borsó.

ITALIAN : Cece, Pisello cece, Pisello cornuto.

JAPANESE : Hiyoko mame, Hiyoko mame.

KANNADA : Kariikadale.

KOREAN : I chip t'eu kong (Ee chip t'eu kong), May bu ri kong.

MALAY : Kacang Arab, Kacang kuda.

NEPALESE : Canaa (Cana).

NORWEGIAN : Bukkeert.

POLISH : Ciecierzyca pospolita.

PORTUGUESE : Grão de bico, Grão gravanço, Ervanço.

PUNJABI : Chanaa.

RUSSIAN : Nut baranii, Turetskii gorokh.

SANSKRIT : Chanaka, Harimantha, Salealpriya, Vajimantha.

SINHALESE : Kondi, Kodala.

SPANISH : Garbanzo.

SWEDISH : Kaffeärt, Kikärt.

TAMIL : Kadalaii (Kadalai).

TELUGU : Harimandhakama (Harimandhakama).

THAI : Thua hua chaang.

TURKISH : Nohud (Nochut).

VIETNAMESE : Awaiting feedback.

 

Photograph of flowers from Agriculture Western Australia, Northam.

Photograph of immature seeds in pod at Holt Studios (UK).

Photograph of seeds from Agriculture Western Australia, Northam.

Cicer arietinum L. (Desi Group)

SYNONYM(S) : Cicer arietinum L. var. microsperma

CHINESE : Xiao zi ji dou.

ENGLISH : Desi chickpea, Ram's head chickpea, Wrinkled-seeded chickpea.

 

Types : Black-seeded, Brown-seeded, Green-seeded, Pink-seeded, Yellow-seeded.

Photographs of seeds and foliage of a yellow-seeded variety from Field Facts CD Produced by Agriculture Western Australia.

Cicer arietinum L. (Desi Group) 'Melanospermum'

SYNONYM(S) : Cicer nigrum hort.

CHINESE : Hei zi ji dou, Hei xiao zi ji dou.

ENGLISH : Black chickpea, Black-seeded chickpea, Black desi.

HINDI : Kaalaachanaa.

Cicer arietinum L. (Kabuli Group)

SYNONYM(S) : Cicer grossum Salisb., Cicer rotundum Alef., Cicer arietinum L. var. macrosperma

CHINESE : Da zi ji dou.

ENGLISH : Kabuli chickpea, Large-seeded chickpea, Smooth-seeded chickpea.

HINDI : Cholaa.

PUNJABI : Cholaa.

 

Photographs of seeds and foliage from Field Facts CD Produced by Agriculture Western Australia.

Photograph of seeds (a little more detail shown) from Agriculture Western Australia, Northam.

Photograph of seeds (close-up) of a yellow-seeded type at PulseCanada.com.


Cicer arietinum L. (Kabuli Group) 'Kabuli Black'

ENGLISH :  Black Kabul chickpea, Black-seeded kabuli chickpea

Photograph of seeds at Irish Eyes.com.

Cicer reticulatum Ladiz.

SYNONYM(S) : Cicer arietinum L. var. reticulatum (Ladiz.) Cubero & Moreno

ENGLISH : Wild chickpea.

REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Complementary / Specific

 

EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://eurodic.echo.lu/cgi-bin/edicbin/EuroDicWWW.pl?page=expert > (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Latin with authority names)

I. L. G. R. D., 2001, Cicer arietinum L. (Chick pea), Illustrated Legume Genetic Resources Database, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries Genebank, National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Japan. < http://www.gene.affrc.go.jp/htbin/plant/image/get_logo_e?plno=54210001 >

Knights E. 1991, Chickpea. In: Jessop R.S. & Wright R.L. (Editors), New Crops - Agronomy & Potential of Alternative Crop Species. Inkata Press. Melbourne, Australia. p.7 (Photographs), pp. 27 - 38.

Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Oudhia Pankaj (Dr.) 2001 - 2003, Research Notes - Indian Herbal Research & Methods. Article 23. Traditional Medicinal Knowledge about Chickpea (Cicer arietinum ) in Chhattisgarh, India. At Botanical.com. < http://botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/poudhia_index.html >.

USDA, ARS, 2000, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?cicer (14 March 2002).

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

Xie Zongwa & Yu Youqin (Editors), 1996, Materia Medica, Chinese Terminology, Vol. 1, Renminweisheng Publishing House Beijing, China. (Latin with authority names and Chinese-simplified, text in Chinese).

 

Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : Luc Balemans, Orarat Mongkolporn, Pankaj Oudhia.

 

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