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Coriander
Coriander
Coriandrum sativum
Also known as: cilantro · Chinese parsley
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Southern Europe
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

Cilantro is a fast-growing annual herb whose feathery leaves are a staple in cuisines from Mexico to Southeast Asia. A single gene variant (OR6A2) makes its fresh leaves taste unmistakably soapy to roughly 15% of people.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Coriandrum
Species
Coriandrum sativum