Desi chana yana kama da iri biyu da aka samo a wuraren binciken kayan tarihi da kuma kakannin tsire-tsire masu tsire-tsire, Cicer reticulatum, wanda ke tsiro ne kawai a kudu maso gabashin Turkiyya, inda aka yi imanin cewa chickpeas ya samo asali. Desi chana yana da ƙananan, tsaba mai duhu da kuma gashin gashi. An fi girma a Pakistan, Indiya da sauran sassan Kudancin Asiya, da kuma a Habasha, Mexico, da Iran. Desi na nufin "ƙasa" ko "na asali" a Hindustan; sauran sunaye sun haɗa da kala chana ("baƙar fata" a duka Hindi da Urdu) ko chholaa boot. Desi chana na iya zama kore, baƙar fata ko mai launi. Wannan nau'in yana tsagewa da rarraba don yin dalana Tambaya: Wane yanki na Asiya ne aka shuka chana?
Pakistan, Indiya da wasu sassan Kudancin Asiya, da kuma a Habasha, Mexico, da Iran