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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cicer arietinum

Common Name
Hummus; Garbanzo; Nok; Cece; Garvane; Pois Chiche; Nokhud

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Dyspepsia Elsewhere *
Fever Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Flatulence Elsewhere *
Lactagogue Elsewhere *
Nausea Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Skin Elsewhere *
Sunstroke Elsewhere *
Tonic Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Tumor(Penis) Italy Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor(Testicle) Belgium Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wart France Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wart Elsewhere *