Taxon: Coriandrum sativum L.

Common names:

• Chinese-parsley   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• cilantro   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• coriander   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• yan sui   (Source: M. F. Watson, p.c.) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• coriandre   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• coriandre cultivé   (Source: L Noms French ed7 ) – French
  
• Koriander   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• dhaniya   (Source: P.K. Mukherjee, p.c.) – 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: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

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)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• naturalized worldwide

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Morocco
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India; Pakistan
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Romania
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina
• also cultivated elsewhere

• probable origin Mediterranean region

References:

• Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7.
• Diederichsen, A. 1996. Coriander ( Coriandrum sativum L.). In: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 3:1–82.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Mukherjee, P. K. & L. Constance. 1993. Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) of India.
• Mukherjee, P. K. 1996. pers. comm. [re. India common names].
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Watson, M. F. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Coriandrum sativum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Coriandrum sativum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Coriandrum sativum.

Check other web resources for Coriandrum sativum L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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