Fabaceae

Chick pea

Cicer arietinum L.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Cicer

Pets and kids

CatsNot sure
DogsNot sure
KidsNot sure

Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Kids: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

Chick pea (Cicer arietinum) — FlowerPhoto: Ignacio Moreira-Corral, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (118)

acm: حمص
aeb: حمص
Afrikaans: Kekerertjie
Albanian: Qiqra, Qiqër
Amharic: ሽምብራ, ዱቤ
Arabic: حمص شائع, الحمص, حُمُّص, نبات الحمص, حمص أبيض
arc: ܚܪܛܘܡܢܐ
Armenian: Սիսեռ
arz: حمص شائع
Assamese: বুট
Asturian: Garbancera
azb: نوخود
Azerbaijani: Qoyunnoxudu
Bangla: ছোলা, চানা
Basque: Garbantzu, Txitxirio
Belarusian: Нут культурны, Бараноў гарох, Нут пасяўны
Bhojpuri: चना, चन्ना, चाना, बूँट, बूंट
bik: Garbansos
Bosnian: Leblebija
Bulgarian: Нахут, Леблебия
Burmese: ကုလားပဲပင်
Cantonese: 三角豆
Catalan: Cigró, Cigrons, Ciurons, Ciuró
Cebuano: Garbanso, Chick pea, Chick peas, Chickpea, Chickpeas, Garbansos, Garbanzo, Garbanzos
Central Kurdish: نۆک
Chinese: 鷹嘴豆, 鹰嘴豆, 回回豆, 回鹘豆, 桃豆, 鸡豆, 香子豆, 鸡心豆
Croatian: Slanutak
Czech: Cizrna beraní
Danish: Kikært, Garbanzobønne, Kikærter
Divehi: ސަނާ މުގު
Dutch: Kikkererwt, Keker, Garbanzo, Kekererwt
English: Chick pea, Bengal gram, Cece, Ceci, Chana, Chick pea plant, Chickpea, Chickpeas
Estonian: Harilik kikerhernes
Filipino: Garbansos, Garbanzo, Gorbansos, Gurbansos
Finnish: Kikkahviherne, Kahviherne, Kikherne
French: Pois chiche, Pois chiches, Pois-chiche
frr: Faalsk Irt
Galician: Garavanzo
German: Kichererbse, Echte Kicher, Felderbse, Römische Kicher, Venuskicher
glk: نخۊت
grc: Ἐρέβινθος
Greek: Ρεβιθιά, Ρεβίθι, Ρεβύθι
gsw: Kichererbse
Gujarati: ચણા
Haitian Creole: Pwa chich
Hebrew: חמצה, חימצה, חימצה תרבותית, חמצה תרבותית
Hindi: चना, काले चने, चने, छोला, छोले
Hungarian: Csicseriborsó
Icelandic: Kjúklingabaun
Indonesian: Kacang arab, Chickpea
io: Garbanzo
Irish: Piseánach
Italian: Ceci, Cecio
Japanese: ヒヨコマメ, ひよこ豆, ガルバンソ, ガルバンゾ, ガルバンゾー, ヒヨコ豆
Javanese: Chickpea
kab: Ikiker
Kannada: ಕಡಲೆ
Kazakh: Нұт
kcg: Ji̱njok Ma̱sa̱t, Gi̱ram ga̱ri̱banzo, Ji̱njok Benggali
Korean: 병아리콩
krj: Garbanso
ks: چنہٕ
Kurdish: Nok, Nahk
Kyrgyz: Нокот
lah: چنا
Latvian: Aunazirņi, Auna zirņi, Garbanzo pupas, Garbanzo pupiņas, Turku zirņi
lbe: НухутӀ хъюрув, НухутI хъюрув
lij: Çeixao
Lithuanian: Sėjamasis avinžirnis, Avinžirniai, Avinžirnis, Nutas, Turkiški žirniai
Luxembourgish: Käicher, Kicherierbes, Kicherierz, Pois chiche
Macedonian: Слануток, Наут
Malagasy: Tsiasisa
Malay: Kacang kuda
Malayalam: കടല, Chickpea, കടല പരിപ്പ്, കടലപ്പരിപ്പ്
Marathi: हरभरा
mzn: نخد
nap: Cicero
Nepali: चना
Norwegian Bokmål: Kikert, Bukk-ert, Bukkert
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kikert
Occitan: Céser
Odia: ଚଣା
Pashto: نخود
Persian: نخود
Polish: Ciecierzyca pospolita, Groch włoski
Portuguese: Grão-de-bico, Ervanço, Ervilha-de-bengala, Ervilha-de-galinha, Gravanço, Grão de bico
Punjabi: ਛੋਲੇ
Romanian: Năut, Naut
Russian: Нут бараний, Бараний горох, Горох шиш, Нут культурный, Нут посевной, Нут рогообразный, Турецкий горох
Sanskrit: चणकः
scn: Cìciru, Ciciru
sco: Chickpea
Serbian: Леблебија, Леблеби, Леблебије
Serbian (Latin): Slanutak
shn: တူၼ်ႈထူဝ်ႇႁူဝ်ၸၢင်ႉ, ထူဝ်ႇလိူင်, ထူဝ်ႇႁူဝ်ၸၢင်ႉ
Sinhala: කඩල
Slovak: Cícer baraní
Slovenian: Navadna čičerika, Cizara, Nosec, Nosek, Peček, Pežek, Čiček, Čičerika
Somali: Shunburo
Spanish: Cícer arietinum, C. arietinum, Garbanzo, Ononis crotalarioides
Swahili: Mnjegere mkubwa
Swedish: Kikärt, Kikärta
Tajik: Нахӯд
Tamil: கொண்டைக் கடலை
Tatar: Бәрән ногыты
Telugu: శనగలు, శనగ, శెనగలు, శెనగాకు, సెనగ, సెనగలు
Thai: ถั่วหัวช้าง, ถั่วลูกไก่
Turkish: Nohut
Ukrainian: Нут
Urdu: چنا
Uyghur: نوقۇت
vec: Cézara, Cezarina
Vietnamese: Đậu gà, Đậu hồi
Walloon: Poes d' souke
Welsh: Gwygbysen gwygbys, Gwygbysen
wuu: 鹰嘴豆
Yiddish: נאהיט
zza: Nehe

Synonyms

Cicer album hort.
Cicer arientinium L.
Cicer arientinum L.
Cicer edessanum Bornm.
Cicer nigrum hort. ex Steud.
Vicia arietina (L.) E.H.L.Krause

Flowers

In flower: April to June (from 11 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Ignacio Moreira-Corral, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Nico Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sanjay Acharya, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: M. Hedayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Nico Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: M. Hedayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: alain moretti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Nico Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Abhishek kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: M. Hedayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.