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Coriander / Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) plant

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Culinary Herbs & Leaves

Coriander / Cilantro

Coriandrum sativum

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum), or cilantro, is an annual herb of 35 to 50cm with a smooth stem that branches towards the top. Its lower leaves are broad and cut into rounded, coarsely toothed lobes, while those higher up are shredded into fine pointed threads; stem and leaf give off a pleasant scent when bruised. White or faintly pink flowers stand above them in small umbels. It is grown all over Vietnam, almost entirely for the leaf as a kitchen herb, on cool, limy, free-draining ground in the open, since the plant wants light and dislikes clay and shade.

Origin:
Vietnam

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