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Cichorium intybus L. var. intybus

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Project Data (Last Modified On 7/29/2020)

Contributor Text: S. Abedin & A. Ghafoor

Contributor Institution: Centre for Plant Conservation, University of Karachi – Pakistan

Synonym Text: C. glabratum C. Presl., Fl. Sicul. 32. 1826; Cichorium intybus var. glabratum (C. Presl) Gren. & Godr., Fl. France 2: 286. 1850; Cichorium intybus ssp. glabratum (C. Presl) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 413. 1882; C. intybus var. foliosum Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Europ. 6: 997. 1928; C. intybus ssp. foliosum (Hegi) Janch. In Phyton (Horn) 8: 240. 1959.

Flower/Fruit:

Fl. Per.: March – October Vern.: Kashin, Zral (Balochi), Kasni (Urdu), Gul Suchal,Chicory (Engl.)

Type:

Type: ” Habitat in Europa ad margines agrorum viarumque” Herb. Linn. No. 962.1 (LINN).

Distribution:

A very common taxon, widely distributed in Europe, North and SE Africa, temperate and tropical Asia; introduced and naturalized in Australasia and North and South America.

Comment/Acknowledgements:

Grows as a very common weed in cultivated fields, orchards, and wastelands, on hill slopes, along roadsides, water channels, by ditches in calcareous, sandy and nitrogenous soils from sea level to 3000 m.

The aerial plant parts are used as a cure for diarrhea and bilious attacks in Balochistan (Loralai area). The root is a good stomachic and diuretic. It is cultivated in many parts of the world for fodder and used as a salad vegetable and for its roots that were and are even now used to blend with coffee.

Map Location:

A-7 Chitral Dist.: Chitral city, 40 cm tall herb, heads light blue, clay loam soil, 21.6.1970, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 1854 (KUH); Ojhor Gol, S of Tirich Mir, 8000 ft., at edge of fields, 3 ft. High, 25.6.1958, J. D. A. Stainton 2742 (BM)); along irrigation canal, Chitral city, sandy clay soil, maize field, 30 cm tall herb, heads light blue, 20.7.1971, S. Abedin 8016 (KUH); near Chitral Airport, 50 cm, heads purple, 21.7.1971, S. Abedin 8109 (KUH); Booni Rest House, soil wet, sandy clay, 40 cm, tall herb, heads blue, 22.7.1971, S. Abedin 8116 (KUH); Barir-Nisar valley, 30 cm tall, erect herb, heads blue, 24.7.1976, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 6608 (KUH); Zindrangram, 20 miles from Nushko on way to Trichmir, 60-80 cm tall, heads blue, 21.8.1981, K. A. Malik, S. Nazimuddin & Gohar Khan 1651 (KUH); Gilgit Dist.: Karagh, 6 miles from Gilgit, 60 cm tall, erect herb, heads violet, 13.6.1982, S. Omer 193 (KUH); NWFP: Chitral Dist.: Chitral City, cult. Field, 40 cm tall, erect herb, heads blue, 18.6.1987, A. Ghafoor & S. Omer 2515 (KUH); c. 15 km from Kuragh on way to Zindragram, common in wheat field as weed, 1 m tall, erect herb, heads blue, 28.6.1987, A. Ghafoor & S. Omer 3247 (KUH); 30 km from Chitral on way to Bombrait, meadows, ± 1600 m, c. 70 cm tall perennial herb, heads blue, 17.7.1995, G. R. Sarwar & S. Omer 212 (KUH); A-8 Karakorum, Nagar, 8000 ft., Meadow, irrigated and cultivated area, Fls. Blue, 19.7.1960, O. Polunin 6085 (BM); Hunza Baltit, 7500 ft., meadow, irrigated ground, cultivated area, Flowers blue, 3.9.1960, O. Polunin 6447 (BM); B-6 Dir Dist. Tamirgrah, c. 10 cm tall, herb, heads bluish-purple, 17.7.1971, S.Abedin 7789 (KUH); B-7 Abbottabad Dist.: Abbottabad City, July 1939, Narindar Kaur 44 (KUH); Swat Dist.: Murghzar, rocky hill, 50 cm tall, erect herb, heads light blue, 30.7.1971, S. Abedin 8510 (KUH); Mingora Hostel, 40 cm tall, erect herb, heads blue, 20.8.1972, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 4642 (KUH); Lande village, 14 miles from Mingora on way to Kalam, 50-60 cm tall, erect herb, heads blue, 20.8.1972, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 4645 (KUH); Kashmir: Muzaffarabad Dist.: Leepa Valley, Leepa, 70 cm tall herb, 24.8.1972, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 4980 (KUH); Swat Dist.: Between villages Banda Barai and Matta, West Bank of River Swat, 60 cm tall herb, common, heads blue, 5.10.1988, A. Ghafoor & T. Ali 3940 (KUH); Kashmir, Tangmarg, 6000 ft., waste ground in cultivation, Fls. Blue, 17.8.1956, O. Polunin 56/372 (BM); Srinagar, Golf Course, 22.7.1940, Pinfold 242 (BM); B-8 Environs of Skárdo, 6900-7500 ft., 6 Aug. To 4 September, Schlagintweit 784 (BM); C-7 Rawalpindi Dist.: Kuldanna, Murree Hills, 2100 m, June 1937, R. R. Stewart s. n. (KUH); D-4 Quetta Dist., Urak, common, near water, heads violet, 14.8.1959, S. I. Ali 1219 (KUH); Apricot Garden, Quetta-Chaman Rd., 70 cm tall, heads blue, 24.5.1969, S. Abedin 3204 (KUH); Ziarat-Quetta Rd., 60 cm tall, head blue, 9.6.1969, M. Qaier 130 (KUH); Sariab, Rest House Lawn, 45 cm tall, heads blue, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 1223 (KUH); 19 miles from Quetta on way to Chaman, 60 cm tall, 6.6.1970, M. Qaiser &S. A. Farooqi 2299 (KUH); Ziarat Dist.: Near Dam, 18 miles from Ziarat (c. 45 cm, 11.9.1970, M. Qaiser & S. A. Farooqi 2366 (KUH);, Quetta Dist.: Marget village, near Sor Range, Quetta, c. 20-40 cm tall, 12.10.1971, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 4329 (KUH); ibid, Urak, 50 cm tall, 22.6.1976, S. Nazimuddin & S. Abedin 248 (KUH); Ziarat Dist.: Kehan, 15 miles from Ziarat, c. 30 cm tall, 23.7.1977, Saida Qaiser s. n. (KUH) ibid, Quetta Dist.: Wali Tangi, c. 90 cm tall, 8.5.1985, A. Ghafoor & R. Yusuf 1480 (KUH); D-5 Loralai Dist.: Loralai City, very common weed of cultivation, heads blue, 21.7.1939, Mohindar Nath 2021 (KUH); D-8 Hyderabad Dist.: 3 miles from Bhai Phero on way to canal near Baghiana, 20 cm, grazed, 20.4.1969, S. Abedin, S. I. Ali & S. A. Farooqi 2242 (KUH); E-6 D. G. Khan Dist.: 7 miles from D. G. Khan on way to Ghazighat, Mango Garden, 25 cm tall, cultivated as fodder, heads purple, 24.5.1972, S. Abedin & Abrar Husain 9694 (KUH); G-4 Thatta Dist., Goth Jina Dal, Prof. Anwar’s Farm, c. 50 cm, heads pinkish-white, 3.3.1972, S. Abedin, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 9388 (KUH); ibid, Karachi Dist.: Near Botany Deptt., University of Karachi, 1.6.1983, Abrar Husain s. n. (KUH); G-5 Sind, Sanghar Dist.: Between Shahandpur and Sanghar, 45-60 cm tall, 27.3.1973, A. Ghafoor & M. Qaiser 434 (KUH); ibid, Hyderabad Dist.: Daulatpur Rest House, 40 cm tall, heads purple, 7.5.1976, S. Nazimuddin, S. Abedin & M Qaiser 144 (KUH).