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Cicer arietinum

Bengal Gram · Chick Pea · Garbanzo

Family FabaceaeGenus Cicer

Dried chickpeas in two lots side by side: large cream ones drawn to a beaked point, and smaller wrinkled green ones
SeedSanjay AcharyaCC BY-SA 3.0

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
annualPlants of the World Online
Habit
Annual, Forb/herbPLANTS Database
Flower
White, purpleFlora of Pakistan
Native range
Iran, Iraq, TürkiyeGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; Flora of Pakistan — S. I. Ali and M. Qaiser (eds.); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • One of the earliest cultivated legumes; the oldest archaeological evidence of it comes from Syria. Wikipedia: Chickpea

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Gibberellic acid soak

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Germination time not stated; 21 days assumed.

28% germination.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Cicer p. 31Public domain
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Cicer (Fabaceae). KR reported that C. arietinum germ. 70(2/18) and 70 GA-3(5/18) both in 4-15 d. Neither GA-4 or GA-7 had a significant effect..
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Cicer p. 31. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Germination time not stated; 21 days assumed.

11% germination.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Cicer p. 31Public domain
Show the original text
Cicer (Fabaceae). KR reported that C. arietinum germ. 70(2/18) and 70 GA-3(5/18) both in 4-15 d. Neither GA-4 or GA-7 had a significant effect..
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Cicer p. 31. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

Germination trials

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