Common names:

• Chinese-parsley  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• cilantro  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• coriander  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• coriandre  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• coriandre cultivé  (Source: L Noms French ed7) - French
• Koriander  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• dhaniya  (Source: pers. comm.) - India
• coriandolo  (Source: F Ital) - Italian
• coriandro  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Italian
• coentro  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• coriandro  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• culantro  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• koriander  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• yan sui  (Source: pers. comm.) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Food additives: flavoring (spice, herb fide Ency CNatIn)
• Materials: essential oils (used in perfumery & pharmaceuticals fide Ency CNatIn)
• Medicines: folklore (fide M. F. Watson, pers. comm. 1996; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Cultivated




Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan

Europe

• EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Romania

Northern America

• Mexico

Southern America

• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina


Naturalized (natzd. worldwide)

Other (probable origin Mediterranean region)

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Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image