| PlantID | 0017 |
| Botanical Name | Cichorium endivia |
| Common Name | Kasini |
| Classification | | Kingdom: | Plantae | | Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta | | Division: | Magnoliophyta | | Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Subclass: | Asteridae | | Order: | Asterales | | Family: | Asteraceae | | Genus: | Cichorium | | Species: | endivia |
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| Part used | Whole plant |
| Medicinal Properties | Appetizer, Astringent, Carminitive, Cholagogue, Digestive, Diuretic, Hepatic, Laxative, Tonic. |
| Medicinal Use | Jaundice, gallstones, elimation of excessive internal mucus, gastritis, lack of apetite, digestive difficulties, inflammation, skin eruption, engorgement of liver, gout, hectic fever. |
| Chemistry | Insulin, alcohal, Glucoside, Albuminoids, Sugar and Salts |
| Cultivation | Endive grows wild in the whole mediterranean area. The leaves were already used in ancient times, predominantly for medicinal purpose. In the late middle ages, cultivation of winter endive as a salad vegetables developed. Head forming varieties with wide unserrated leaves or with deeply toothed curly leaf cover have been fred. |
| Regional Habitat | Desert area of Rajasthan |
| Description | A perennial or binnial herbs. 2-4 feet tall. The stiff, roughly hairy, angular, branching stem bears lanceolate leaves that are coarsely wavy, toothed near the bottom of the plant but entire higher up. The light blue to violet-blue, axillary or terminal flower heads in small clusters in upper leaf axils, ligule elliptic. Fruits: cypsels obconic. Seeds are pale brown. |
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