EPPO Global Database

Cichorium intybus(CICIN)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-07

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CICIN
  • Preferred name: Cichorium intybus
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Euromediterranean region, Caucasus, Central Asia, Western Asia (Iraq to Pakistan). Introduced in Siberia, Russian Far East, Mongolia, India, Indochina, Malesia, China,  Ethiopia, Zaïre, South Africa, Madagascar, Canada, USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except Colombia to Peru),  Australia, New Zealand. The wild form of C. intybus is a widespread weed.  Cultivated for its roots, which can be ground to give a coffee substitute, or for medicinal purposes. The root can also be germinated in the dark to give swollen white shoots, used as a salad vegetable.

It should be noted that the common names of the salad Cichorium spp. in European languages are contradictory, thus "chicory " in English is "endive" in French, and vice versa. See also C. endivia.


Common names
Name Language
chicory English
wild chicory English
wild succory English
Chicorée German
gemeine Wegwarte German
gewöhnliche Wegwarte German
Wegwarte German
Zichorie German
barbe de capucin French
chicorée amère French
chicorée intybe French
chicorée sauvage French
endive French
witloof French
achicoria Spanish
achicoria amarga Spanish
achicoria borde Spanish
achicoria de burro Spanish
achicoria negra Spanish
achicoria silvestre Spanish
almirón Spanish
almirón amargo Spanish
azapuerco Spanish
baleo Spanish
camarroja Spanish
chicoreta Spanish
chicoria común Spanish
chicoria silvestre Spanish
endivia Spanish
endivia silvestre Spanish
escarola Spanish
escoba Spanish
lecherina Spanish
pimpolla Spanish
porrinos Spanish
radicheta Spanish
ternasol Spanish
ternillo Spanish
cicoria comune Italian
cicoria selvatica Italian
radicchio Italian
wilde cichorei Dutch
almeirão Portuguese
chicória Portuguese
chicória-amarga Portuguese
chicória-brava Portuguese
chicória-do-café Portuguese
intubaceo Portuguese
intubo Portuguese
cikoria Swedish
vägvårda Swedish
kikunigana Japanese
キクニガナ Japanese
цикорий обыкновенный Russian
cikorie Danish
sikori Norwegian
sikuri Finnish
hindiba Turkish
cykoria podróżnik Polish
mezei katáng Hungarian
çikore Albanian
lulekore Albanian
bou âkkad Arabic
handaba Arabic
tamarzouka Arabic
هِنْدَبا بَرِّيَّة Arabic
basatxikoria Basque
endibia Basque
osterchuria Basque
txikoria Basque
xikore Basque
синя жлъчка Bulgarian
цикория Bulgarian
cama-roja Catalan
endívia Catalan
escarola borda Catalan
mástec bord Catalan
masteguera borda Catalan
xicoira Catalan
xicória Catalan
jú jù shǔ Chinese
菊苣属 Chinese
vuzlika  Croatian
čekanka obecná Czech
harilik sigur Estonian
ραδίκι Greek
parastais cigoriņš Latvian
paprastoji trūkažolė Lithuanian
barbe de capuchi Occitan
chicoùn Occitan
chicouréye Occitan
chicòyna Occitan
cicorèia Occitan
andivă Romanian
cicoară comună Romanian
cicoare Romanian
обична водопија Serbian
обична цикорија Serbian
čakanka obyčajná Slovak
navadni potrošnik Slovene
цикорій дикий Ukrainian
ysgellog Welsh