Common name
English: Chickpea
German: Kichererbse
Portuguese: Grão-de-bico
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Cicer (1)
Epithet: arietinum L. (1)
Synonyms: Cicer edessanum Bornm., Cicer grossum Salisb., Cicer physodes Rchb., Cicer rotundum Alef., Cicer sativum Schkuhr, Cicer sintenisii Bornm., Ononis crotalarioides M.E.Jones
arietinum => similar to a ram's head
crotalarioides => resembling Crotalaria
edessanum => from Edessa, city in northern Greece
grossum => large
physodes => bladder-like
rotundum => round
sativum => sown, planted, cultivated, not wild
sintenisii => in honor of Paul Ernst Emil Sintenis (1847-1907), German botanist, pharmacist and plant collector
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: pink, white