Article Nº 1716 Plant Vol. II · p. 201
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum)
Original title: Grão de Bico (Cicer arietinum)
The chickpea, a legume widely grown on Madeira and Porto Santo, eaten and also roasted as a coffee substitute.
A legume widely grown on Madeira and Porto Santo (‘holy harbour’). Its seeds, pale yellow or dark, are used as human food, and when roasted and ground to a powder they serve as a substitute for coffee.
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