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[Devendra Bhardwaj]

hello,        We created the Smiriti van in Jaipur.There are so many varieties of plants planted.But  the attached photo plant does not match with them.I think some seed of this plant comes with another seeds in smiriti van & grow well.I think this is Kasni (Chichorium intybus).It is best green fodder as well as medicinal plant.Flower also looking beautiful. With regard Devendra Bhardwaj

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[grassman]

dear your are absolutly right. it is chichorium intybus

On Apr 8, 6:09 am, Devendra Bhardwaj <devendra_bhard...@yahoo.com>
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> hello,
>        We created the Smiriti van in Jaipur.There are so many varieties of plants planted.But  the attached photo plant does not match with them.I think some seed of this plant comes with another seeds in smiriti van & grow well.I think this is Kasni (Chichorium intybus).It is best green fodder as well as medicinal plant.Flower also looking beautiful.
> With regard
> Devendra Bhardwaj
>

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[J.M. Garg]

Lovely capture, Devendr ji.

But if it's captured in original habitat, it's gives a better felling & relation to the plant.

 

Some interesting extracts from Wikipedia link (for pictures & more details, click on the link): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory

Common chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a bushy perennial herb with blue, lavender, or occasionally white flowers. It grows as a wild plant on roadsides in its native Europe, and in North America and Australia, where it has become naturalized. Common chicory is also known as blue sailors, succory, and coffeeweed. It is also called cornflower, although that name is more properly applied to Centaurea cyanus. The cultivated forms are grown for their leaves (var. foliosum), or for the roots (var. sativum), which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive. Common names for varieties of var. foliosum include endive, radicchio, Belgian endive, French endive, red endive, sugarloaf or witloof.

Chicory is also the common name in the US (and in France) for curly endive (Cichorium endivia). There is considerable confusion between Cichorium endivia and Cichorium intybus.

Chicory may be grown for its leaves, eaten raw as a salad. It is generally divided into three types of which there are many varieties^[3]:

• Radicchio usually has variegated red or red and green leaves. Some only refer to the white-veined red leaved type as radicchio. Also known as red endive and red chicory. It has a bitter and spicy taste, which mellows when it is grilled or roasted. It can also be used to add color and zest to salads.

• Sugarloaf looks rather like cos lettuce, with tightly packed leaves.

          Belgian endive is also known as French endive, witlof in the Netherlands, witlo(o)f   in   the USA, chicory in the UK, as witlof in Australia, endive in France, and chicon in parts of Northern France and in Wallonia. It has a small head of cream-coloured, bitter leaves.

Root chicory (Cichorium intybus var. sativum) has been in cultivation in Europe as a coffee substitute. The roots are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive, especially in the Mediterranean region (where the plant is native), although its use as a coffee additive is also very popular in India, parts of Southeast Asia and the American South, particularly in New Orleans.

 

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