What is Coriander?
{{Taxobox | name = Coriander | image = Coriandrum sativum - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-193.jpg | image_width = 240px | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Apiales]] | familia = [[Apiaceae]] | genus = '''''Coriandrum''''' | species = '''''C. sativum''''' | binomial = ''Coriandrum sativum'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} '''Coriander''' (''Coriandrum sativum'') (also known as '''cilantro''', '''Chinese parsley''', or '''dhania''') is a [[herb]] from the ''[[Apiaceae]]'' [[family (biology)|family]]. Coriander is originally from the southwestern [[Asia]] across to north [[Africa]]. In the [[Sri Lanka]]n [[Sinhalese]] language, it is called koththamuhlli. It is believed to have medicinal qualities, and is brewed and drunk to cure the common cold and fever.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4-QCqGooPQsC&dq=coriander+cure+common+cold&pg=PA25|title=The Healing Powers of Herbs|last=Chaudhury|first=Ranjit Roy|date=2007-06-08|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|isbn=978-81-207-3319-0|location=|pages=25|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Herbs & spices}} {{biology-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Apiaceae]] [[Category:Herbs]] [[Category:Spices]]