Endive
Endive, also escarole, common name for a plant (see Composite Flowers ) having a curly, lettucelike head, with inner leaves that are used in salads. The inner leaves of the plant are sometimes blanched by enclosing the head of the endive in its outer leaves (which normally fall away) or by covering the entire plant with a special tube of paper. The long blanched shoot of chicory is called Belgian or French endive, or witloof. Scientific classification: Endive belongs to the family Asteraceae