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Coriandrum sativum (Chinese parsley; Chinese-parsley; coriander)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Coriander (UK /ˌkɒrɪˈændə/; US /ˈkɔːriˌændər/ or /ˌkɔːriˈændər/; Coriandrum sativum), also known as cilantro (/sɪˈlɑːntroʊ/) or Chinese parsley, is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. All parts of the plant are edible, but the fresh leaves and the dried seeds are the parts most traditionally used in cooking.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  The plant can have a narcotic effect if it is eaten in very large quantities;
Lifespan [2]  Annual
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Scent [2]  The entire plant has a foetid smell somewhat like bugs. The seeds however, when dried, give off a very pleasant scent of oranges.
Structure [4]  Herb
Usage [2]  An essential oil from the seed is used as a food flavouring, in perfumery, soap making etc; It is also fungicidal and bactericidal; The growing plant repels aphids; A spray made by boiling of one part coriander leaves and one part anise seeds in two parts of water is very effective against red spider mites and woolly aphids; An oil from the seed is used for making soap; The report does not make it clear if the essential oil or the fixed oil is used; The seed contains about 20% fixed oil; The dried stems are used as a fuel;
Height [2]  18 inches (0.45 m)
Width [2]  10 inches (0.25 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [3]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [3]  Mostly Dry
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Protected Areas

Predators

Euleia heraclei[5]
Papilio machaon (Old World swallowtail)[5]
Paracoccus ferrisi[6]
Psila hennigi[7]

Citations

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
7Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0