Cicer arietinum
speciesAt a glance
Sources18 archives
Databases and archives Cicer arietinum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation22 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility27 615 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI17 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics22 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
foodatlascompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Cicer arietinum noir – MHNT The chickpea or chick pea (Cicer arietinum) is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. Its different types are variously known as gram" or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, or Egyptian pea. Chickpea seeds are high in protein. It is one of the earliest cultivated legumes, and 9500-year-old remains have been found in the Middle East. The chickpea is a key ingredient in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines, used in hummus, and, when ground into flour, falafel. It also is important in Indian cuisine, used in salads, soups and stews, and curry, in chana masala, and in other meal products like channa. In 2019, India was responsible for 70% of global chickpea production.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology13
Life cycle & reproduction11
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment12
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Cicer arietinum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds6 091 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARBOHYDRATES | 685,700 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| PROTEIN | 220,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| WATER | 122,380 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FAT | 69,750 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| CARBOHYDRATE | 60,358 mg/100g | FoodAtlas | |
| SAPONINS | 60,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FIBER | 48,570 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 38,150 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| Starch, pregelatinized | 36,400 mg/100 g | FooDB | |
| α-D-galactose | 36,400 mg/100g | FooDB |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Cicer arietinum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Cicer arietinum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 1625×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +4
2n 142×CCDB · mediterranean · CCDB · book-indian_vol1
2n 322×CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · Cave1956
n 84×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
n 71×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type27 615 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions79 of 138 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| ESP004location not on record | 409 |
| ESP046location not on record | 303 |
| PRT004location not on record | 134 |
| QAUlocation not on record | 59 |
| LDlocation not on record | 42 |
| AZE003location not on record | 42 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 23 |
| Durango, MX | 20 |
| HUN003location not on record | 20 |
| ESP109location not on record | 17 |
| Saint Louis, US | 16 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 15 |
| Beijing, CN | 14 |
| Urumqi, CN | 13 |
| Yangling, CN | 12 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 11 |
| Urumqi, CN | 9 |
| Bronx, US | 9 |
| Chapingo, MX | 8 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 7 |
| BClocation not on record | 7 |
| ESP027location not on record | 7 |
| Zürich, CH | 6 |
| MAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Lanzhou, CN | 6 |
| Trondheim, NO | 6 |
| Kew, GB | 6 |
| Riverside, US | 5 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 5 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 5 |
| Wlocation not on record | 5 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 5 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 5 |
| Pullman, US | 5 |
| Bern, CH | 5 |
| Helsinki, FI | 4 |
| Kensington, AU | 4 |
| Berlin, DE | 4 |
| AZE015location not on record | 4 |
| South Kensington, GB | 4 |
| Bratislava, SK | 4 |
| Vancouver, CA | 4 |
| Inner Mongolia Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Xining, CN | 3 |
| Brussel, BE | 3 |
| Canberra, AU | 3 |
| Madison, US | 3 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| València, ES | 3 |
| Barcelona, ES | 3 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 3 |
| Taipei, TW | 3 |
| ESP026location not on record | 3 |
| San Diego, US | 2 |
| Granada, ES | 2 |
| Adelaide, AU | 2 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bergen, NO | 2 |
| Olocation not on record | 2 |
| Claremont, US | 2 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 2 |
| Hobart, AU | 2 |
| Uppsala, SE | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| Podgorica, ME | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| Mérida, MX | 2 |
| Zürich, CH | 2 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 2 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 2 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 2 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 2 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 2 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 2 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 2 |
| ESP198location not on record | 2 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 2 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 2 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 1 |
| Bourges, FR | 1 |
| Chengdu, CN | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| Jaén, ES | 1 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 1 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 1 |
| Escuela Agrícola Panamericanalocation not on record | 1 |
| Lubbock, US | 1 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 1 |
| GB | 1 |
| Gotland Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Brisbane, AU | 1 |
| Chadron, US | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| Oulu, FI | 1 |
| Washington, US | 1 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 1 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 1 |
| Voronezh State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| Görlitz, DE | 1 |
| New Haven, US | 1 |
| Lausanne, CH | 1 |
| Muséum Henri Lecoqlocation not on record | 1 |
| Coimbra, PT | 1 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| Forssa, FI | 1 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Salzburg, AT | 1 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 1 |
| UChlocation not on record | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| Centre National d'Application des Recherches Pharmaceutiques (CNARP)location not on record | 1 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 1 |
| Victoria, CA | 1 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
| Santiago de Compostela, ES | 1 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Palmerston, AU | 1 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Cicer arietinum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.