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Cicer microphyllum Royle ex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Cicer

Characteristics

Herbs annual, 15-40 cm tall. Stem much branched, erect, glandular hairy. Leaves paripinnate with a terminal tendril; stip­ules leaflike, glandular hairy, margin 5-7-toothed; leaflets 6-15-paired, obovate-cuneate, 4-12 × 3-7 mm, both surface glan­dular hairy, margin dentate only in distal half, apex mucronate. Flower solitary; pedicel 5-25 mm, glandular hairy. Calyx ca. 12 mm, deeply toothed, densely glandular hairy. Corolla blue-purple or light blue, ca. 25 mm. Legume elliptic in outline, 2.5-3.5 cm, densely white pubescent. Seeds ca. 2.5 mm. 2n = 16.
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A herb. The stems are branched and hairy. The leaves are compound and 4-12 cm long. They end with a tendril or sometimes a leaflet. There are 8-22 leaflets and they are 5-15 mm long by 3-8 mm wide. The flowers usually occur singly. The fruit is a pod 2-3 cm long and 1 cm wide. It has a beak. There are many seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.18
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
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Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Dry slopes at 3300-4800 metres. Hill slopes or river banks at elevations of 1600-4600 metres in Tibet.
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It grows in cold arid places. In the Indian Himalayas it grows between 3,300-4,000 m above sea level.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

The leaves are used cooked and also used in pickles. The unripe seeds are eaten as a snack.
Uses forage gene source medicinal
Edible fruits leaves seeds shoots
Therapeutic use Expectorants (root), Abdominal pain (unspecified), Abscess (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Anti-poisoning (unspecified), Splenic diseases (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
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Germination luminosity -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Cicer microphyllum world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:486368-1
WFO ID wfo-0000189150
COL ID V7KP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cicer microphyllum Cicer jacquemontii
WorldFloraDB 2024