The typical papilionaceous flowers of yellow or purple are in axillary racemes or heads with many ovules. Those that were manipulated set 5.29 seeds per raceme, whereas the open-pollinated racemes set 100 to 300 seeds each. The reason for the great difference between caged and open plots was likely due to the cage effect. The relation between the pollination requirements of A. cicer and A. sinensis is not clear. If A. cicer develops into a crop of importance, its need for and importance of insect pollination should be established.
Honey bees appear to be satisfactory pollinators of A. sinensis .
Their value on A. cicer is unknown but should be determined.