The Chickpea is more like a bean than a pea it goes by a few different names.
according to Wiki.
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The chickpea (Cicer arietinum) (also garbanzo bean, Indian pea, ceci bean, Bengal gram) is an edible [/font]legume [font style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);" size="3"]of the family Fabaceae, subfamily [/font]Faboideae[font style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);" size="3"]. Chickpeas are high in protein and one of the earliest cultivated vegetables. 7,500-year-old remains have been found in the Middle East.[/font]