| L | intubum (also intibum, -us; intybum, -us) Flora Eur. 1512 |
E | escarole | S | Cichorium endivia L. |
| G | Eskariol | F | chicorée frisé | I | scarola |
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In G. 4.120 intubum is a cultivated garden plant, and Mynors, Virgil: Georgics (1990) ad loc. (following Olck, RE 3.2537-41) rightly identifies it as Chicorium endivia.
So, same genus as intubum I (Chicorium intybus), but different species. There are two main groups, C. endivia, var. crispa =
| English | French | German | Italian |
| curly endive, frisée | Chicorée frisée | Krause Endivie, Türkische Endivie | indivia riccia |
and C. endivia, var. latifolium =
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| escarole, broad-leaved endive, batavian endive, | chicorée scarole, scarole | Endivie-Eskariol, Eskariol Endivie, Eskariol, Breitblättrige Endivie, Ganzblättrige Endivie | scarola, indivia scarola |
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