nalAmudhu Kasini Keerai Podi | Kasni | Chicory Leaves Powder-100g

The Chicory plant is native to the temperate parts of the World and is cultivated in many countries. It is an erect woody perennial herb, around 1 m in height with a fleshy taproot of up to 75 cm in length and large basal leaves and smaller upper leaves. Roots are fleshy, tapering, stem 1-3 long angled and grooved, branches rigid spreading, leaf nerves, beneath, hispid leaves ablong lanceolate, upper cordate amplexical. Head 1-1/2” diameter, peduncles thickened in the middle, involucres bracts herbaceous, ligules bright blue, rarely white or pink.