Chick pea
ಕಡಲೆछोलेகொண்டைக் கடலை
Cicer arietinum L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 36 cm
- wide
- —
Fabaceae
Formerly Vicia arietina
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. Türkiye to IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 20 cm to 51 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, pink, violet, blueRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 回回豆, 鹰嘴豆
- Simplified Chinese
- 回鹘豆, 桃豆, 鸡豆
- Asturian
- garbancera
- Czech
- cizrna beraní
- Welsh
- gwygbysen
- Finnish
- kikkahviherne
- Dutch
- Keker
- Slovenian
- navadna čičerika
- Hindi
- छोले, काले चने, चने
- Tamil
- கொண்டைக் கடலை
- Telugu
- శెనగాకు, శెనగలు, సెనగలు
- Kannada
- ಕಡಲೆ
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Cicer arietinum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.