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Chicory
| Common chicory | |
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| 1885 illustration[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Species: | C. intybus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cichorium intybus L. | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Synonymy
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Common chicory, Cichorium intybus,[4] is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the dandelion family Asteraceae. It usually has bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink.[5]
It is often used as a food plant, and often as a coffee substitute. Many varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons (blanched buds), or roots. The roots of variety sativum are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and food additive.
In the 21st century, inulin, an extract from chicory root, has been used in food manufacturing as a sweetener and source of dietary fibre.[6]
Chicory is grown as a forage crop for livestock.[7] It lives as a wild plant on roadsides in its native Europe, and is now common in North America, China, and Australia, where it has become widely introduced.[8][9][10]
"Chicory" is also the common name in the United States for curly endive (Cichorium endivia). These two closely related species are often confused.[11]
References
- ↑ illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
- ↑ "Cichorium intybus L. synonyms". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://tropicos.org/Name/2702287?tab=synonyms. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ↑ "Cichorium intybus L.". The Plant List. 2013. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-37233. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ↑ "Cichorium intybus". FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropView?id=694. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
- ↑ "Cichorium intybus L.". The Plant List. 2013. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-37233. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ↑ Raninen K.Expression error: Unrecognized word "etal". (2011). "Dietary fiber type reflects physiological functionality: comparison of grain fiber, inulin, and polydextrose". Nutrition Reviews 69 (1): 9–21. . .
- ↑ Blair, Robert (2011-04-30). Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Cattle. . https://books.google.com/books?id=B0bXX_grAwYC&pg=PA68.
- ↑ "Cichorium intybus". Flora of North America. http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200023652. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ↑ Flora of China, Cichorium intybus Linnaeus, 1753. 菊苣 ju ju Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Atlas of Living Australia Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Endive, Chicory and Witloof". Aggie Horticulture. Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M System. http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/vegetables/endive.html. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
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