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Coriandrum sativum

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Apiales Family: Apiaceae Genus: Coriandrum

Chinese parsley, cilantro, coriander

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Plants 2–7 dm tall.

Stems: Caulescent.

Roots: Taproots slender.

Leaves: Leaves compound (ternate to pinnate) or simple and pinnately lobed. Alternate. Blades ovate, 3–15 cm long, 2–10 cm wide. the leaflets flabelliform, cuneate, 1–2 cm long, 0.5–1 cm wide, toothed or incised; upper cauline leaves pinnately dissected, the ultimate divisions linear to filiform, 2–15 mm long, 0.5–1.5 mm wide. Surfaces glabrous. Margins dissected. Petioles sheathing. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in involucel dimidiate, the bractlets linear, 2–4 mm long. rays 2–8, 1–2.5 cm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect); Pedicels 2–5 mm long. Calyx teeth ovate–lanceolate, 0.5–0.8 mm long. Corolla of 5 petals; petals white or rose, oblong with a narrower inflexed apex, the outer petals radiant. Stamens 5, inserted on an epigynous disk. Ovary inferior, 2-celled; ovules 1 per cells, anatropous; styles 2, usually swollen at base into a stylopodium. Styles slender, the stylopodium conical; carpophore 2–parted.

Fruit: Fruit 1.5–5 mm in diameter; globose; subterete; mericarps boat–shaped; glabrous; not readily separating at maturity; primary ribs 5; filiform; the secondary ribs filiform or obscure; vittae absent. Seeds 1 per mericarp; embryo small; endosperm cartilaginous. seed face concave.

Ploidy: 2n = 22–26; 28; 30

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Maui Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • Description digitized by Pumehana Imada
  • Native to the Mediterranean region; in Hawai‘i cultivated and naturalized on O‘ahu. Probably introduced by early Chinese immigrants.

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 256 (1753)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:203 (O); Staples et al. 2002:5 (K); Oppenheimer 2003:5 (EM); Staples & Herbst 2005:112 (KEY), 113 (DESCR)

Wagner, W. L., Herbst, D. R., & Sohmer, S. H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, Vols. 1 and 2 (No. Edn 2). University of Hawai'i and Bishop Museum Press.

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Coriandrum sativum 98-580 Puaalii Place, Aiea Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Lee, M. Oahu BISH 1990-04-17
2 Coriandrum sativum Farmer's Market, Koloa Park. Sold as herb by local grower Preserved_Specimen Hume, L. 383 Kauai BISH 1989-05-08
3 Coriandrum sativum Waimea District, Kokee State Park. DOFAW nursery site along NE fence line in recently cleared ground Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 6123 Kauai BISH 1997-04-02
4 Coriandrum sativum 98-580 Puaalii Place, Aiea Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Lee, M. Oahu BISH 1990-04-17
5 Coriandrum sativum Pearl City; 1114 Hookahi St Preserved_Specimen Tanaka, A. Oahu BISH 1986-08-12
6 Coriandrum sativum Palama Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Chung, H.L. 1310 Oahu BISH 1926-02-11
7 Coriandrum sativum Manoa Community Gardens, Manoa Valley, Honolulu Cultivated in community garden by Chinese gardener. Preserved_Specimen Mayeda, C.S. 30 Oahu BISH 1991-01-15
8 Coriandrum sativum East Maui, Kula, Keolahou Growing extensively in abandoned farm field. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 4258 Maui BISH 2006-04-13
9 Coriandrum sativum [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; O`ahu; Hawai`i; Honolulu] Pot herb; cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Brown, F.B.H. 1308 Oahu BISH 1926-02-01
10 Coriandrum sativum Punahou area, Honolulu Receives full sun half a day, shade half the day. Grown for seed in a vegetable bed. Preserved_Specimen Lau, J. 1048 Oahu BISH 1985-06-04
11 Coriandrum sativum Manoa Valley, above old Castle Home In Chinese garden; haole koa zone. Preserved_Specimen Egler, F.E. 37174 Oahu BISH 1937-05-16
12 Coriandrum sativum Manoa Community Gardens, Manoa Valley, Honolulu Cultivated in community garden by Chinese gardener. Preserved_Specimen Mayeda, C.S. 30 Oahu BISH 1991-01-15
13 Coriandrum sativum Honolulu, Round Top An escape. Preserved_Specimen Egler, F.E. Oahu BISH 1937-05-16
14 Coriandrum sativum East Maui, Makawao District, vicinity of Hapapa Gulch In yard and nursery pots. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 80110 Maui BISH 2001-08-12
15 Coriandrum sativum Palama Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Chung, H.L. 1310 Oahu BISH 1926-02-11
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