chicory plant witloof plant Belgian endive is known in Dutch as witloof or witlof ("white leaf"), endive or (very rarely) witloof in the United States, indivia in Italy, endivias in Spain, chicory in the UK, as witlof in Australia, endive in France, and chicon in parts of northern France, in Wallonia and (in French) in Luxembourg. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory#Cultivated] belgian endive cichorium intybus requires discussion