hatichu :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Streptophyta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Asteraless
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cynara
Species: Cynara scolymus

Allied species:

Cynara cardunculus (the currently accepted taxonomic name, which also includes cardoons)

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: hatichu
English: globe artichoke alcachofra, alcachofera, artichaut, tyosen-azami
Hindi: Hathichoke
Urdu: فَرشوف - Farshoof
Telugu: ఆర్టిచోక్
Bengali: Hathichak
Marathi: आर्टिचोक
Gujarathi: કાંટાળી ખાદ્ય વનસ્પતિનો Kāṇṭāḷī khādya vanaspatinō
Tamil: கூனைப்பூ
Malayalam: ആർട്ടികോക്ക്
Kannada: Palle huvu
Punjabi: ਆਂਟਿਚੋਕ Āṇṭicōka
Sindhi: فنڪشنل
Arabic: الْخُرْشُوف‎
Spanish: alcachofa
Japanese: アーティチョーク
Chinese: Chao xian ji
French: Artichaut
German: Artischoke
Burma: အာတီးချုပ် aar tee hkyaote
Nepal: आर्टिचोक
Persian: کنگر فرنگی
Sinhalese: aliyasooriyakantha
Greek: αγκινάρα(ankinára)

Varities:

Traditional cultivars (vegetative propagation)

Green, big: Vert de Laon (France), Camus de Bretagne, Castel (France), Green Globe (USA, South Africa)

Green, medium-size: Verde Palermo (Sicily, Italy), Blanca de Tudela (Spain), Argentina, Española (Chile), Blanc dOran (Algeria), Sakiz, Bayrampasha (Turkey)

Purple, big: Romanesco, C3 (Italy)

Purple, medium-size: Violet de Provence (France), Brindisino, Catanese, Niscemese (Sicily), Violet dAlgerie (Algeria), Baladi (Egypt), Ñato (Argentina), Violetta di Chioggia (Italy)

Spined: Spinoso Sardo e Ingauno (Sardinia, Italy), Criolla (Peru).

White, in some places of the world.