Plant Details

Accepted name:: Astragalus cicer L. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
astragale pois-chiche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chickpea milk-vetch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cicer milk-vetch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
garbanzo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
garbanzo silvestre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kichertragant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kikvedel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Astragaloides cicera (L.) Moench Methodus: 168 (1794).
Astragalus cicer var. angustifolius Čelak. Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 675 (1875).
Astragalus cicer var. dieffenbachii Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 4: 1424 (1924).
Astragalus cicer var. heldaviensis Fuss Fl. Transsilv.: 171 (1866).
Astragalus cicer f. heldaviensis (Fuss) Guşul. in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Popul. Române 5: 282 (1957).
Astragalus cicer var. major DC. Astragalogia: 163 (1802).
Astragalus cicer var. microphyllus (L.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 771 (1909).
Astragalus cicer var. pseudocicer (Opiz) Beck in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 22: 102 (1900), nom. superfl.
Astragalus cicer var. speciosus Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 163 (1866).
Astragalus cicerinus St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 120 (1880), orth. var.
Astragalus heldaviensis Lerchenf. ex Schur Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4: 19 (1853).
Astragalus microphyllus Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 474 (1834), nom. illeg.
Astragalus microphyllus L. Sp. Pl.: 757 (1753).
Astragalus mucronatus DC. Astragalogia: 140 (1802).
Astragalus pseudocicer Opiz Flora 4: 758 (1821).
Cystium cicer (L.) Steven Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(II): 147 (1856).
Cystium pseudocicer (Opiz) Opiz Lotos 8: 65 (1858).
Glaux astragaloides Medik. Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 377 (1787), nom. superfl.
Tragacantha cicer (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 944 (1891).
Tragacantha mucronata (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 946 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Astragalus cicer L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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