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Chicory, wild endive |
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| Vernacular name | Kasani | |
| Scientific name | Cichorium intybus Linn. | |
| Family | Asteraceae | |
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| Description | ||
| Plant | Tall, erect or prostrate herb with white latex. Stem angled, groove, many branches from base. | |
| Leaves | Radial, short petioled, pinnately divided, lobes, toothed | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Blue in solitary terminal cluster heads. |   |
| Fruit/ seed | Achenes, small, pale angled with pappus. | |
| Habitat and distribution | Cropland weed, frtile soils, lowland | |
| Flowering and fruiting | September to May | |
| Associated with | Moist flora | |
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