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  • COMMON NAME: Chicory, Radiccho
  • ARABIC: هندباء
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Cichorium intybus L.
  • SYNONYMS: C. glabratum C.presl.
  • FAMILY: ASTERACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Ras-Al-Khaimah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Landscape (L) Fruits (F) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Terrace
  • TYPES: Perennial
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:194533-1/images V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
ornamental plant. Edible fruit. Leaves boiled in water used as fever treatment. Fruits eaten for treating headache and boiled in water for treating jaundice, roots are aromatic and used with coffee.
Perennial herb, 20-60 cm high, with a stout tap root, hairy or glabrous. Stems stiff, grooved, dichotomously branched. Basal leaves shortly petiolate, oblanceolate, toothed to runcinate, with long, acute, terminal segments, cauline leaves half-clasping, lanceolate. Heads 2-3 cm broad, axillary or at ends of thickened peduncles. Outer involucral bracts ovate, often spreading, inner lanceolate, 2-3 times longer than outer, glabrous or glandular-fringed. Florets blue, the ligules truncate, 5-toothed at apex. Pappus shorter than achenes. Flowering from March to June.
A weed in cultivated fields, roadsides and waste places.
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