Cichorium Intybus

Scientific Name: Cichorium intybus

Common Name: chicory

Symbol: CIIN

Category: Dicot

Genus: Cichorium

Family: Asteraceae

Family Common Name: Aster family

Order: Asterales

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Duration: Biennial, Perennial

Growth Habit: Forb/herb

Native Status: L48 (I), CAN (I), SPM (I)

State Noxious: CO (CW)

Flower Color: Blue

Flower Conspicuous: Yes

Foliage Color: Green

Foliage Texture: Coarse

Fruit Color: Brown

Edible: yes

Chicory plant and flower detail

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Scientific Name: Cichorium intybus

Common Name(s): Chicory

Edible: yes

Medicinal: yes

Parts Used: root, stem, fruit, leaf

Logos 12 Aug, 2008	Description: This plant grows up to 1.8 meters tall. It has leaves clustered at the base of the stem and some leaves on the stem. The base leaves resemble those of the dandelion. The flowers are sky blue and stay open only on sunny days. Chicory has a milky juice.
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Logos 12 Aug, 2008	Habitat and Distribution: Look for chicory in old fields, waste areas, weedy lots, and along roads. It is a native of Europe and Asia, but is also found in Africa and most of North America where it grows as a weed.
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Logos 12 Aug, 2008	Edible Parts: All parts are edible. Eat the young leaves as a salad or boil to eat as a vegetable. Cook the roots as a vegetable. For use as a coffee substitute, roast the roots until they are dark brown and then pulverize them.
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pocomoonskyeyes
10 Sep, 2009

exerpt from Peterson field guide Eastern/Central Medicinal plants and Herbs pp. 223 & 224 1 ounce root in 1 pint of water used as a diuretic, laxative. Folk use in Jaundice,skin eruptions,fevers. Extract diuretic, cardiotonic; lowers blood sugar,slightly sedative, and mildly laxative. Homeopathically used for liver and Gallbladder ailments. Leaf extracts weaker than root extracts. Experimentally, root extracts are antibacterial.In experiments, animals given root extract exhibit a slower and weaker heart rate(pulse). Root extracts in alcohol solutions have proven anti-inflammatory effects. Root and leaves approved in Germany for treatment of loss of appetite and dyspepsia. WARNING: May cause rare allergic reactions.

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