botanical record · discovered
Coriander
Coriandrum sativum
Coriander · Chinese Parsley · Cilantro · Aedkoriander · Blakinė kalendra · Brwysgedlys · Chinese parsley · Chinese-parsley · Coandro · Coireaman · Coriandre · Coriandre cultivee · Coriandre cultivé, Coriandre
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Dominican Republic, China, Turkey, Iraq, Spain, Europe, Malaya, Kurdistan
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Head), Ache(Stomach), Alexiteric, Antidote
Science studied: ANGELICIN, APIGENIN, ASCORBIC-ACID, ASH
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Apiaceae
Scientific name: Coriandrum sativum
Common names: Coriander, Chinese Parsley, Cilantro, Aedkoriander, Blakinė kalendra, Brwysgedlys, Chinese parsley, Chinese-parsley, Coandro, Coireaman, Coriandre, Coriandre cultivee, Coriandre cultivé, Coriandre
POWO: 840760-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Dominican Republic, China, Turkey, Iraq, Elsewhere, Spain, Europe, Malaya and 6 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Head)
- Ache(Stomach)
- Alexiteric
- Antidote
- Apertif
- Aphrodisiac
- Aromatic
- Bilious
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- Carminative
- Condyloma
- Cough
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Emmenagogue
- Fever
- Flux
- Halitosis
- Hernia
- Intoxication
- Measles
- Nausea
- Nerves
- Ophthalmia
- Pectoral
- Piles
- Refrigerant
- Rheumatism
- Sedative
- Soap
- Sore
- Spasm
- Splenitis
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Syphilis
- Tonic
- Ache(Tooth)
- Venereal
- Digestive
- Ptomaine
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Hysteria
- Sclerosis(Limb)
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Dominican Republic
- China
- Turkey
- Iraq
- Elsewhere
- Spain
- Europe
- Malaya
- Kurdistan
- India(Santal)
- Mexico
- Japan
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- India
- Egypt
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Head)
- Ache(Stomach)
- Alexiteric
- Antidote
- Apertif
- Aphrodisiac
- Aromatic
- Bilious
- Carminative
- Condyloma
- Cough
- Diuretic
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- Dysentery
- Emmenagogue
- Fever
- Flux
- Halitosis
- Hernia
- Intoxication
- Measles
- Nausea
- Nerves
- Ophthalmia
- Pectoral
- Piles
- Refrigerant
- Rheumatism
- Sedative
- Soap
- Sore
- Spasm
- Splenitis
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Syphilis
- Tonic
- Ache(Tooth)
- Venereal
- Digestive
- Ptomaine
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Hysteria
- Sclerosis(Limb)
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Ache(Head) · Dominican Republic · "
- Ache(Stomach) · China · "
- Alexiteric · China · "
- Antidote · China · "
- Apertif · Turkey · "
- Aphrodisiac · Iraq · "
- Aphrodisiac · Elsewhere · "
- Aromatic · Elsewhere · "
- Bilious · Elsewhere · "
- Carminative · Spain · "
- Carminative · China · "
- Carminative · Elsewhere · "
- Condyloma · Europe · "
- Cough · Malaya · "
- Diuretic · Turkey · "
- Diuretic · Elsewhere · "
- Dysentery · China · "
- Emmenagogue · Turkey · "
- Emmenagogue · Kurdistan · "
- Fever · Dominican Republic · "
- Fever · Malaya · "
- Flux · China · "
- Halitosis · Elsewhere · "
- Hernia · China · "
37 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Comparative genome-wide characterization of simple sequence repeats in coriander (Coriandrum sativum) and related Apiaceae · 2026 source ↗
- In Vivo Evaluation of Coriandrum sativum Extract Against Murine Eimeria papillata Infection and In Silico Analysis of Its Identified Phytochemicals. · 2026 source ↗
- Comprehensive Evaluation of Agromorphological Traits, Yield Potential, and Essential Oil Profiles in 160 Coriander (<i>Coriandrum sativum</i> L.) Genotypes. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ANGELICIN
- APIGENIN
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- BORON
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CAPRINALDEHYDE
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CHROMIUM
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- CITRONELLOL
- COBALT
- CIS-P-COUMARIC-ACID
- TRANS-P-COUMARIC-ACID
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- DECANAL
- D-DECYLALDEHYDE
- 2-DODECANAL
- 7-DODECENAL
- EO
- ETHYL-PALMITATE
- FAT
- FIBER
- GERANIOL
- HEPTADECANE
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- IRON
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- MANGANESE
- D-MANNITOL
- MYRISTICIN
- CIS-OCIMENE
- DELTA-5,6-OCTADECENOIC-ACID
- 3-OCTENAL
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PENTOSANS
- BETA-PHELLANDRENE
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
- PROTEIN
- QUERCETIN
- QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- BETA-SITOSTEROL-D-GLYCOSIDE
- SODIUM
- STARCH
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- 9-TETRADECENAL
- THIAMIN
- TOLUENE
- TRIACONTANE
- TRANS-TRIDECEN-(2)-AL-(1)
- UNDECANAL
- 3,6-UNDECADIENAL
- 6-UNDECENAL
- VANILLIC-ACID
- WATER
- ZINC
- NEROL
- OCTANOL
- 5,8-TRIDECADIENAL
- 5-DECENAL
- DODECANOL
- 8-METHYNON-5-ENAL
- NEROLIDOL
- OCIMENE
- TRANS-OCIMENE
- TANNIN
- TERPINOLENE
- TRIACONTANOL
- BORNYL-ACETATE
- CINNAMIC-ACID
- COPPER
- TRANS-2-DECANAL
- DODECANAL
- ETHYL-LINOLATE
- ETHYL-STEARATE
- FURFUROL
- GLUCOSE
- LINALOOL
- 3-O-METHYLKAEMPFEROL
- NICKEL
- PECTIN
- ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- RHAMNETIN
- DELTA-SITOSTEROL
- STEARIC-ACID
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- LINALOOL-OXIDE
- PETROSELINIC-ACID
- ALPHA-THUJENE
- CALCIUM
- ETHYL-PENTEDECANOATE
- MAGNESIUM
- NIACIN
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- BETA-PINENE
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- ACETIC-ACID
- CIS-FERULIC-ACID
- OXALIC-ACID
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- ETHYL-MYRISTATE
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- SABINENE
- BORNEOL
- CAMPHENE
- CAMPHOR
- CARVONE
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- ELEMOL
- LIMONENE
- DIPENTENE
- FRUCTOSE
- GERANIAL
- GERANYL-ACETATE
- HOMOERIODICTYOL
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- MYRCENE
- NEOCNIDILIDE
- NONANAL
- OCTADECANE
- OLEIC-ACID
- P-CYMENE
- PENTADECANAL
- PSORALEN
- SACCHAROSE
- SCOPOLETIN
- SUGARS
- TETRADECANAL
- TRANS-ANETHOLE
- TRANS-2-DODECANAL
- TRICOSANOL
- TRIDECANAL
- UMBELLIFERONE
- RUTIN
- 4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- 5-METHOXY-PSORALEN
- ABSCISIC-ACID
- ACETYL-CHOLINE
- ALANINE
- ARGININE
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BENZOIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- BERGAPTEN
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- BICYCLOGERMACRENE
- CAMPESTEROL
- CAR-3-ENE
- CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE
- CHOLINE
- CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE
- CORIANDRIN
- CORIANDRINOL
- CORIANDRINONEDIOL
- CORIANDRONE-A
- CORIANDRONE-B
- CORIANDRONE-C
- CORIANDRONE-D
- CORIANDRONE-E
- CYSTINE
- DAPHNETIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- DAUCOSTEROL
- DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL
- DECAN-1-AL
- DECAN-1-OL
- DECYL-ALDEHYDE
- DIHYDROCORIANDRIN
- DILLAPIOL
- DIPHENYLAMINE
- DODEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL
- DODECAN-1-AL
- DODECAN-1-OL
- ESCLETIN-DIMETHYL-ETHER
- ETHYL-PENTADECANOATE
- ETHYL-UNDECANOATE
- FERULIC-ACID
- GAMMA-SITOSTEROL
- GERANIOL-ACETATE
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLYCINE
- HISTIDINE
- ISOLEUCINE
- ISOSCOPOLETIN
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-(2,3-DI-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE)
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-(3-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE)
- LEUCINE
- LINALOOL-ACETATE
- LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- LYSINE
- METHIONINE
- MYRTENAL
- N-HEPTADECANE
- N-OCTADECANE
- N-TETRADECANOIC-ACID
- N-TRIACONTANE
- NEROL-ACETATE
- NONAN-1-AL
- NONYL-ALDEHYDE
- OCTADECA-5,6-DIENOIC-ACID
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- P-CYMOL
- P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- PROLINE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE
- QUERCETIN-GLYCOSIDE
- SERINE
- STEARIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- STIGMASTEROL
- SUCROSE
- SYRINGALDEHYDE
- TETRADECAN-1-AL
- THREONINE
- THYMOL
- TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE
- TRANS-CITRAL
- TRANS-TRIDEC-2-EN-1-AL
- TRIACONTAN-1-OL
- TRICOSAN-1-OL
- TRYPTOPHAN
- TYROSINE
- UMBELLIPRENIN
- UNDECAN-1-AL
- VALINE
- VERATRIC-ACID
- XANTHOTOXIN
- (-)-BORNEOL
- 1-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHANE-1,2-DIOL
- 2-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-2-METHOXY-ETHANOL
- 2-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHANOL
- (-)-4(R)-BETA-HYDROXY-PHENETHYL-FERULIC-ACID
- (+)-LINALOOL
- (S)-(+)-LINALOOL
- (R)-LINALOOL
- 3',4'-DIMETHOXYQUERCETIN
- 3'-METHOXY-QUERCETIN
- ACETIC-ACID-ESTER
- CORIANDROL
- DECYLIC-ACID-ESTER
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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