- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Cichorium L.
Cichorium endivia L.

[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves with spinulose-dentate margins
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Stalks of individual capitula widened just below the capitulum
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Pappus of a small rim of scales to 2 mm long
- Note
- Collected in Nairobi in 1902 ( Whyte !), at Simba R. in Tanzania’s Masai/Mbulu District in 1902 ( Kassner 639!) and on Kilimanjaro at Marangu in 1893 ( Volkens 1439!)
Native to:
Egypt, Palestine
Introduced into:
Belgium, Bulgaria, Gilbert Is., Marianas, Sicilia
Cichorium endivia L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 813 (1753)
Accepted by
- Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
- Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
- Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
- Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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