Coriander

The dried fruits of an annual herb, also known as cilantro, also known as coriander seeds; cilantro; Chinese parsley.

Overview

CORIANDER is a culinary spice, cultivated for its fruit. It is yielded from the plant Coriandrum sativum L., a annual in the Apiaceae family, growing in subtropical biome, with a native range of E. Medit. to Pakistan.¹

It is used primarily in curries; anti-microbial. Its aroma is described as warm, aromatic, sweet, with a heat index of 1.²

See more in ( Citation: POWO, 2024 POWO (2024). Plants of the world online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved from http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ ; Citation: Petruzzello, 2021 Petruzzello, M. (2021). List of herbs and spices. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-herbs-and-spices-2024392 ; Citation: Wyk, 2014 Wyk, B. (2014). Culinary herbs and spices of the world. University of Chicago Press, joint publication with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ; Citation: Dalby, 2000 Dalby, A. (2000). Dangerous tastes: the story of spices. University of California Press. ; Citation: Hill, 2004 Hill, T. (2004). The contemporary encyclopedia of herbs and spices: Seasonings for the global kitchen. J. Wiley. ; Citation: Anderson, 2023 Anderson, I. (2023). The history and natural history of spices: the 5000-year search for flavour. The History Press. )

Illustration of Coriandrum sativum from Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen ( Citation: 1887 Köhler, H. (1887). Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erläuterndem Texte: Atlas zur Pharmacopoea germanica, austriaca, belgica, danica, helvetica, hungarica, rossica, suecica, Neerlandica, British pharmacopoeia, zum Codex medicamentarius, sowie zur Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America. Franz Eugen Köhler. Retrieved from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/623 ) II 145.

Distribution

Native and introduced habitats of Coriandrum sativum³

Native areas:       North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan

Introduced areas: Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, France, Portugal, Spain, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia, Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Rus, East European Russia, South European Russi, Ukraine, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Azores, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Madeira, Cameroon, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, West Siberia, Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Cyprus, Iraq, China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, China North-Central, China Southeast, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Andaman Is., Cambodia, Laos, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, New Guinea, Norfolk Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Fiji, Hawaii, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Mexico Central, Mexico Northwest, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil South, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Juan Fernández Is., Paraguay

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