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4 October 2022

Coriandrum sativum (coriander)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name
Coriandrum sativum L.
Preferred Common Name
coriander
Other Scientific Names
Bifora loureiroi Kostel
Coriandropsis syriaca H.Wolff
Coriandrum diversifolium Gilib. (1782)
Coriandrum globosum Salisb. (1796)
Coriandrum majus Gouan (1762)
Coriandrum testiculatum Lour. (1790), non L. (1753)
Selinum coriandrum Krause
International Common Names
English
Chinese parsley
common coriander
Spanish
cilantro
coriandro
culantrillo
French
coriandre
coriandre cultivee
persil arabe
Arabic
kusbara
kuzbarah ‘aadyah,kesbour
tabel
Chinese
hsiang sui
hu sui
xiang sui
yan sui
yuan sui
Portuguese
coentro
Local Common Names
Cambodia
vannsuy
Cuba
anisillo
culantro
culantro de castilla
culantro de España
Czech Republic
koriander siaty
koriandr setý
Dominican Republic
cilantrico
culantrico
silantrico
Estonia
aedkoriander
Germany
Echter Koriander
Garten- Koriander
Hungary
kerti koriánder
India
dhanya
Indonesia
katuncar
ketumbar
tumbar
Italy
coriandolo
Japan
koendoro
kushiba
Laos
phak ho:m pa:nx
phak ho:m po:mz
Lithuania
blakinė kalendra
Malaysia
ketumbar
penjilang
wansui
Malta
kosbor
Mexico
nocuana gueza toti castilla
Myanmar
nannan
phat-kyi
ta-ner-hgaw
Netherlands
almindelig korander
koriander
Philippines
kulantra
kulantro
uan-soi
Russian Federation
kinza
kisnec
Sweden
koriander
Thailand
phakhchi
phakhom
phakhom-noi
USA
cilantro
EPPO code
CORSA (Coriandrum sativum)

Pictures

Coriandrum sativum (coriander); migrant workers harvesting crop at Lakeside Organic Gardens. Watsonville, California, USA. August 2013.
Harvesting
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); migrant workers harvesting crop at Lakeside Organic Gardens. Watsonville, California, USA. August 2013.
©US Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Original photographer, Bob Nichols - CC BY 2.0
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); migrant workers harvesting crop at Lakeside Organic Gardens. Watsonville, California, USA. August 2013.
Harvesting
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); migrant workers harvesting crop at Lakeside Organic Gardens. Watsonville, California, USA. August 2013.
©US Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Original photographer, Bob Nichols - CC BY 2.0
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); leaves, grown in hydroponics greenhouse. Town Sand Island, Midway Atoll, Hawaii, USA. March 2015.
Hydroponics
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); leaves, grown in hydroponics greenhouse. Town Sand Island, Midway Atoll, Hawaii, USA. March 2015.
©Forest Starr & Kim Starr - CC BY 4.0
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); potted plants. Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery, Maui, Hawaii, USA. September 2007.
Potted plants
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); potted plants. Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery, Maui, Hawaii, USA. September 2007.
©Forest Starr & Kim Starr - CC BY 4.0
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); leaves, on small potted plants. Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery, Maui, Hawaii, USA. September 2007.
Leaves.
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); leaves, on small potted plants. Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery, Maui, Hawaii, USA. September 2007.
©Forest Starr & Kim Starr - CC BY 4.0
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); green fruits. Makawao, Maui, Hawaii, USA. August 2008.
Fruits
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); green fruits. Makawao, Maui, Hawaii, USA. August 2008.
©Forest Starr & Kim Starr - CC BY 4.0
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); leaves, on a bolting plant. Makawao, Maui, Hawaii, USA. July 2008.
Leaves
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); leaves, on a bolting plant. Makawao, Maui, Hawaii, USA. July 2008.
©Forest Starr & Kim Starr - CC BY 4.0
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); potted plants. Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery, Maui, Hawaii, USA. September 2007.
Potted plants
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); potted plants. Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery, Maui, Hawaii, USA. September 2007.
©Forest Starr & Kim Starr - CC BY 4.0
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); seed packet, with alternative name of 'cilantro'. KiHana Nursery Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, USA. February 2011.
Seed packet
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); seed packet, with alternative name of 'cilantro'. KiHana Nursery Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, USA. February 2011.
©Forest & Kim Starr-2011 - CC BY 4.0
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); structures; (A) flowering branch; (B) umbellet; (C) peripheral flower with enlarged petals; (D) central flower; (E) normal (non-enlarged) petal; (F) fruiting branch; (G) fruit; (H) seed. Line drawing, not necessarily to scale.
Structures
Coriandrum sativum (coriander); structures; (A) flowering branch; (B) umbellet; (C) peripheral flower with enlarged petals; (D) central flower; (E) normal (non-enlarged) petal; (F) fruiting branch; (G) fruit; (H) seed. Line drawing, not necessarily to scale.
©PROSEA Foundation

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Host Plants and Other Plants Affected

HostHost statusReferences
Triticum aestivum (wheat)Unknown
Fazal and Muhammad (2015)

Prevention and Control

There is a lack of research regarding methods of prevention and control for C. sativum.

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Published online: 4 October 2022

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