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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Cicer arietinum (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Hummus; Garbanzo; Nok; Cece; Garvane; Pois Chiche; Nokhud

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Astringent Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Bile Elsewhere *
Bilious Elsewhere *
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere *
Bronchitis Elsewhere *
Bronchitis Elsewhere *
Catarrh Elsewhere *
Catarrh Elsewhere *
Cholera Elsewhere *
Coffee Elsewhere *
Constipation Elsewhere *
Cutamenia Elsewhere *
Cyanogenetic US *
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diuretic Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Dysentery Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Dysmenorrhea Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Dyspepsia Elsewhere *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.