The
chickpea or
garbanzo bean (
Cicer arietinum) is an edible
pulse of the
Leguminosae or
Fabaceae family, subfamily
Faboideae[?] or
Papilionoideae[?]. The plant can also be used as a green vegetable.
Chickpeas can be eaten raw in salads, cooked in stews or ground into a paste called hummus.