Cichorium endiva Endive (Compositae)

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Cichorium endiva
Endive
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The Cichorium endiva plant species is found in S. Europe to E. Asia - India. It is a member of the Compositae family. Common gardeners may know the plant as Endive.

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Latin Name:  Cichorium endiva
Common Name:  Endive
Family:  Compositae
Author:  L.

Known Hazards:  None known

Mature Height:  1   Mature Width:  0.3

Habitat:  Rocks and sand by the sea[89].

Edible Uses: Leaves - raw or cooked[2, 16, 27, 33, 46, 52, 171]. Leaves of wild plants are very bitter but there are many named forms with only a slight bitterness[183]. The leaves are quite large and often form a rosette like cabbages. They are very easy to harvest. Endive makes a very acceptable addition, in moderate quantities, to the salad bowl, though the leaves are too bitter for most tastes to be used as the main salad leaf[K]. The leaves are often blanched (by excluding light from the growing plant) in order to reduce this bitterness[200], though this process also reduces the nutritional value of the plant[K].

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