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Cilantro -- Coriandrum sativum L.1
James M. Stephens2Cilantro, also known as Chinese parsley, is a form of coriander. While coriander is grown as an herb primarily for its seeds, the type of coriander referred to as cilantro is grown for the leafy portion of the plant. In Spanish-speaking areas, cilantro (also spelled culantro) usually refers to the plant, but may also refer to coriander seed. Some seed companies refer to cilantro as "slow-bolt coriander".
Cilantro tastes like parsley, but has a tangier flavor. It has light green, feathery, flat leaves.
cilantro. CULTURE
Herb growers in Florida have little trouble producing cilantro, and offer it for sale as one of the common herbs. It has a hard seed which may need to be cracked or scarified before planting.
Footnotes
1. This document is HS584, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date May 1994. Reviewed May 2003. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.2. James M. Stephens, Professor, Horticultural Sciences Department, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611.
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