Where do chick peas come from?

Question

What are they? Do they grow on bushes or what?

Answer 1

A tin from the supermarket.

Answer 2

Contrary to popular belief that stuff that comes from baby chicks is really just baby chicken pee not chick pea... a REAL chickpea or garbanzo bean is a legume...


check out this wikipedia article:
The plant is 20 to 50 cm high and has small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem. One seedpod contains two or three peas. The flowers are white- or reddish-blue. Chickpeas need a subtropical or tropical climate and more than 400 mm annual rain. They can be grown in a temperate climate, but yields will be much lower.

Answer 3

The chickpea, chick pea, garbanzo bean, ceci bean, bengal gram, chana or channa (Cicer arietinum) is an edible legume (British "pulse") of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae.

The plant is 20 to 50 cm high and has small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem. One seedpod contains two or three peas. The flowers are white- or reddish-blue. Chickpeas need a subtropical or tropical climate and more than 400 mm annual rain. They can be grown in a temperate climate, but yields will be much lower.

Answer 4

The chickpea, chick pea, garbanzo bean, ceci bean, bengal gram, chana or channa (Cicer arietinum) is an edible legume (British "pulse") of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae.

The plant is 20 to 50 cm high and has small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem. One seedpod contains two or three peas. The flowers are white- or reddish-blue. Chickpeas need a subtropical or tropical climate and more than 400 mm annual rain. They can be grown in a temperate climate, but

Answer 5

Garbanzo Beans or Chickpeas

The plant is 20-50 cm high and has small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem. One seed-pod contains 2-3 peas. The flowers are white or reddish blue. Chickpeas need a subtropical or tropical climate and more than 400 mm annual rain. They can be grown in a temperate climate..

Answer 6

The chickpea is grown in the Mediterranean, western Asia and India.

They grow on plants that range in height from 20 to 50 cm they have feathery leaves on both sides of the stem.

The Chickepeas come from seedpods that contain two or three peas. Also on the plant are white- or reddy-blue flowers.

Chickpeas grow in subtropical or tropical climates. Hope that helps!

Answer 7

The plant is 20 to 50 cm high and has small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem. One seedpod contains two or three peas. The flowers are white- or reddish-blue. Chickpeas need a subtropical or tropical climate and more than 400 mm annual rain. They can be grown in a temperate climate, but yields will be much lower.

Answer 8

Chick peas grow on a plant like other peas and beans. It's almost a vine. not quit a bush.

Answer 9

I like chick peas. They are very good over rice. I buy them frozen in the grocery store. I put a small strip of salt pork in it,a little pepper and a little water, cook about 20-30 minutes on medium heat.
Try them. They are good.

Answer 10

Chickpeas probably originated in southeastern Turkey and later spread throughout the Middle East and
Mediterranean regions. Archaeological remains from present-day Israel and Turkey indicate that chickpeas
had been domesticated by Neolithic times (about 7,000 years ago). Chickpeas were mentioned in written
documents from the Nile valley in Egypt that date to about 6,500 BP (before present). By the Bronze Age
(about 5,000 BP), they had spread to Greece and Italy.
Today, some 7 million tonnes of chickpeas are cultivated annually in 45 different countries, making them
one of most widely grown grain legumes in world. The Indian subcontinent accounts for about 75% of world
production, with the remainder coming from eastern Africa, the Mediterranean, western Asia, Australia,
southern Europe, and North and South America.
The most common commercial varieties are the small dark ‘desi’ type (of Indian
origin) or the larger light-coloured ‘kabuli’ type (from the Mediterranean and
Middle East regions). Desi chickpeas account for about 90% of the world’s current
commercial production.
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Genus & species:
Cicer arietinum
Common names:
Gram, garbanzo, garbanzo bean, hommes,
hamaz, chick gram, common gram, Bengal
gram
The name Cicer probably comes from the Greek word ‘kikus,’ meaning strength or power, because of the
chickpea’s high nutritional value and its reputation as an aphrodisiac. The species name arietinum is
derived from the Latin word ‘aries,’ meaning ‘ram,’ and refers to the ram’s-head shape of the seed.
Chickpeas were held in such high regard in ancient Rome that the statesman Cicero took his name from
this legume.
* Lentils, peas and chickpeas have been found in Egyptian tombs that were built over 4,000 years ago.
* Peas have been found in caves in Thailand that are over 11,000 years old.
* In the Bible (Genesis 25:34) Esau sold his birthright for a "pottage of lentils".

Answer 11

mmm, not sure you can buy them dried I assume they grow like peas. They are lovely though and thats how you make hummous from mushed chick peas, in case you didnt know!