Coriandrum sativum
Common Coriander, Coriander, Chinese parsley, Chinese-parsley, Cilantro, Lus an choire, Coriandrum sativum
Description
Annual herbaceous plant appreciated for its leaves, fruits and seeds used in gastronomy as well as for its medicinal properties. Easy to cultivate, it is resistant to heat and drought; it can be grown outdoors during the spring-summer period either in the open or in pots, preferring full sun exposures.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Apiales
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Coriandrum
- Species
- Coriandrum sativum
Synonyms (6)
- Bifora loureiroi
- Coriandropsis syriaca
- Coriandrum globosum
- Coriandrum majus
- Coriandrum melphitense
- Sium coriandrum
