✿Fabaceae · Cicer
But / Chickpea
Cicer arietinum
outdoor
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Ladakh, Rajasthan & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cicer arietinum
- Genus
- Cicer
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Ladakh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Assam, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for But itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for But itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- हरभरा
- Punjabi
- But
- Sinhala
- කඩල
About But
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is a species in the Fabaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Ladakh, Rajasthan and 13 other states.
Uses
Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
But belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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