Cicer

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Cicer
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Cicereae
Genus: Cicer

Species
Cicer acanthophyllum

Cicer anatolicum
Cicer arietinum-chickpea
Cicer atlanticum
Cicer bijugum
Cicer canariense
Cicer chorassanicum
Cicer cuneatum
Cicer echinospermum
Cicer fedtschenkoi
Cicer flexuosum
Cicer graecum
Cicer incisum
Cicer judaicum
Cicer kermanense
Cicer macracanthum
Cicer microphyllum
Cicer mogolatvicum
Cicer montbretii
Cicer multijugum
Cicer oxyodon
Cicer pinnatifidum
Cicer pungens
Cicer rechingeri
Cicer reticulatum
Cicer songaricum
Cicer spiroceras
Cicer stapfianum
Cicer subaphyllum
Cicer tragacanthoides
Cicer yamashitae

Ref: ILDIS Version 6.05

Cicer is a genus of the legume family Fabaceae. Its native distribution is across the Middle East and Asia. Its best known and only domesticated member is Cicer arietinum, the species which includes the Chickpea, or Garbanzo bean, and Chana dal.

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