kasani :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Asteraless
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cichorium
Species: Cichorium intybus

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Kasni, Hinduba, Kasni
English: endive, chicory
Hindi: Kashi, Kaasni, Kssni, Hinduba
Urdu: Kasani
Telugu: Cicori, Kasini, Vittulu
Bengali: Kashi, Kaasni, Kssni, Hinduba
Marathi: -चीकोरी Cīkōrī
Gujarathi: Kashi, Kaasni, Kssni, Hinduba
Tamil: Kasinivirai, Kashni
Malayalam: Cikkari
Kannada: - ಚಿಕೋರಿ Cikōri
Punjabi: Gul, hand, kasni, suchal
Sindhi: -چيڪ
Arabic: Hinduba
Spanish: -achicoria, escarola
Japanese: -チコリ, 植物の種
Chinese: Ku-T’ Sail
French: -endive; chicorée
German: Zichorie
Nepal: -कासनी
Persian: Cichorii
Sinhalese: -චිකරි cikari
Greek: Kichora, Kikori

Varities:

There are two varieties of the plant, a cultivated sweet variety, and the wild bitter variety.

Both the varieties bear broad leaves near stem, and thin leaves above. Cultivated variety is relatively more cold, and moist.

Frisée (curly Endive)

Escarole (also called Batavian)

Pan di Zucchero (Italian for “Sugarloaf” , a very mild chicory with a huge, swirling head of green)

Chioggia Radicchio (most common type of radicchio, with baseball-sized red and white heads)

Treviso Radicchio (romaine-shaped heads of red and white)

Castelfranco Radicchio(baseball-sized heads of red and green)

Dandelion (our cultivated variety has larger leaves than the garden weed and is less bitter)

Puntarelle

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