Cicer ARIETINUM L.
| Synonym : | Cicer album Hort. Cicer nigrum Hort. Cicer sativum Schkuhr Ononis crotalarioides M.E.Jones |
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| Bangla Name : | Chhola, Boot, Chana. |
| English Name : | Gram, Bengal Gram, Chick Pea. |
| Family : | Fabaceae |
| Disease : | Refrigerant, fevers, dysmenorrhoea, gonorrhea |
| Description : | A viscid much-branched annual herb. Leaves imperipinnate, 2.5-5 cm long. Flower solitary in the leaf axills. Corolla pink, blue or white, scarcely half as long again as the calyx. Pod 2-2.5 cm long, turgid, pubscent. |
| Distribution : | Cultivated in many places of the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Chief constituent of the mature seeds is carbohydrate. They also contain flavones and isoflavones, oxalic, acetic and malic acids and a number of amino acids. Germinating seeds are rich in enzymes, ?-galactosidases and vitamins A, D, E, lecithin, phytin, |
| Uses : | Plant is refrigerant, employed in fevers and dysmenorrhoea, useful in skin diseases, gonorrhoea and urinary diseases. The leaves are astringent to the bowels, improve taste and appetite. Boiled leaves are a nice application to sprains and dislocated limbs |
| Habit : | Herb |