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That image (at right) isn't used in this article because it's
Belgian endive, which is a different vegetable from a different species. --
EncycloPetey (
talk) 23:40, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
You're right, it is a different plant all together. In English there is no direct page of this.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andijvie This is the correct Dutch page for Andive.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witlof This is the correct Dutch page for what you refered to as Belgian endive (which name means white-leaf translated to english) It's related, but not the same plant. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
90.249.74.79 (
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13:29, 1 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Sunlight
So these plants grow sans sunlight by using stored energy from the roots, right?
Yes, that is one way of preparing the plant for consumption. They can also be grown in the field by a process of "earthing up" the the growing plants, i.e. banking the soil against them to ensure that the foliage remains in darkness. —Preceding
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69.229.98.62 (
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09:53, 11 December 2007 (UTC)reply
Chicory/endive confusion
I have done my best to tidy up this page based on the (scientific) species rather than the common names. As such i have moved all information about the belgian endive to the chicory page as most reliable sources seem to list it as the species intybus not the endivia species. Otherwise we're going to end up with duplicate information on both pages. A lot of less reliable sites get this wrong. The image shown here is clearly intybus and if used should go on the chicory page
Halon8 (
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15:27, 10 August 2008 (UTC)reply
Origin
Good recent edits, unmixing the two species. Three problems with the "three theories" of the origin of endive:
It's been put in word-for-word from the ref, and so looks like a
copyvio – I have therefore commented it out for the moment. It needs rewording, unless the source has a suitable WP-style free redistribution licence.
The ref is a secondary one, which itself gives two further references – but it is not clear which is the primary source for this particular information. Any ref in this article ought to be to the primary ref, or be in the form "primary ref, quoted in secondary ref".
I am a little puzzled by the information itself, as with modern DNA analysis it ought to be easy enough to choose between the three theories. Are there any academic sources for this info?
The External Link to Frisée leads to an article about frisée lettuce, and doesn't mention endive or chicory. Is this what was intended?
TonySever (
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02:23, 20 March 2009 (UTC)reply