CULANTRO ORGANIC, 300+ Seeds, Ngo Gai, Ci qin, Recao, Benit Shadon beni, Koulan

Description

Name in Other Languages
Arabic
: Qarsaenat karihat alraayiha ( قرصعنة كريهة الرائحة)
Assamese
: Jangali Memedhu, Man-dhonia, Maan Dhania, Man dhania (মান ধনিয়া), Brahma memedhu, Jongali-memedho, Kata-mochola
Bengali
: Māna dhaniẏā (বিলাতী ধনিয়া),Don dhonia
Brazil
: Coentro do pará, coentro-bravo, coentro-largo, chicory
Cambodia
: Chi baraing, chi banla, chi sangkaëch
Chinese
:  Ci qin (刺芹),   Ci yan sui (刺芫荽), Mei guo ci yan sui (美國刺芫荽),  Yang yan sui (洋芫荽)
Colombia
: Culantro cimarrón
Costa
Rica
: Culantro coyote
Dominican
Republic
: Cilantro ancho
Dutch
: Stinkdistel
Ecuador
: Chillangua
El Salvador
: Alcanate, culantro coyote
English
: False coriander, Fitweed,  Long coriander, Long-leaved coriander,  Mexican coriander,  Puerto Rican coriander,  Saw tooth coriander, Shadow-beni, Spiny coriander, Spirit weed, Stinkweed, Wild coriander, cilantro, Chardon Benit Shadon beni, Cilantro Cimarron, Saw-leaf Herb, Spiritweed Sawtooth Herb, cilantro, bhandhania, shado beni, black benny, Chardon étoile fétide,
Finnish
: Salaattipiikkiputki
French
: Azier la fièvre, Chardon étoilé, Panicaut fétide, Coriandre chinoise, Coriandre de Java, Coriandre du Mexique, Coulante, Herbe puante, chadron béni, Panicaut fétide
Garo
: Samskal
German
:  Langer Koriander, Mexicanischer Koriander, Stinkdistel
Guatemala
: Samat, alcapate
Guyana
: Fit weed
Haitian
: Koulan, coulante
Hindi
: Ban-dhania (बन धनिया) forest coriander
Hondurus
: Culantro de pata
Hungarian
:  Hosszú koriander,  Iringó, Mexikói koriander, Puerto Ricó-i coriander
Indonesia
: Walangan, ketumbar jawa, tumbar mungsi
Japanese
: Pereniaru koriandaa (ペレニアルコリアンダー)
Kerala
: African Malli (African Coriander)
Khmer
:  Chi pa la, Chi pa rang
Laotian
:  Phak hom thet
Lithuanian
: Kvapioji zunda
Malay
:  Jeraju gunung, Kangkong kerbau, Ketumbar java, Ketumbar jawa, Ketumbar landa, Walangan, Pokok Jeraju Gunung
Malayalam:
Aphrikan malli (ആഫ്രിക്കൻ മല്ലി)
Malaysia
: Ketumbar java
Manipuri
: Araā phadigōma (অৱা ফদিগোম),Awa phadigom, sha maroi
Mexico
: Cilantro mexicano, cilantro habanero
Myanmar
: Shan Nan Nan, Bi Lat Nan Nan
Nagaland
: Burma dhania
Nepali
: Dhaniya vermeli (धनियँ वर्मेली), Ban dhania (बन धनिया), Bandhana (बन्धना)
Nicaragua
: Culantro
Persian
: گشنیز مکزیکی
Peru
: Sacha culantro
Philippines
: Cilantro
Portuguese
:  Coentro-bravo, Chicória
Puerto
Rico
: Recao
Russian
: Eringium pakhuchii (Эрингиум пахучий), v’yetnamskaya zelen’ (вьетнамская зелень)
Sinhala
: An̆du (අඳු)
Spanish
:  Alcapate, Culantro, Culantro de coyote, Cilantro cimarrón, Cilantro de la Habana, Cilantro extranjero, Cilantro habanero, Orégano de Cartagena, Perejil, Racao,  Shado beni, Shado benee, Cilantro, cimarrón, culantro de monte
Sundanese:
Balang katuncar, Katuncar walanda, Katuncar walang, Singa depa, Walang anjing, Walang duri, Walang geni, Walang katuncar, Walang cina.
Swedish
:  Mexikansk coriander, Sallatsmartorn, Mexikansk Koriander
Thai
: Phakchi-farang (ผักชีฝรั่ง), hom-pomkula, Pak chi lao, mae-lae-doe, P̄hạkchī lāw (ผักชีลาว), Mæa læa déāa (แมะและเด๊าะ), H̄xm pûm kulā ( หอมปุ้มกุลา)
Trinidad
and
Tobago
: Shado beni, bhandhania
Venezuela
: Cilantro de monte
Vietnamese
: Cây ngò tàu, Mùi tàu, Ngò gai, Ngò tây,  Rau ngò gai, Rau ngò tâu
Plant Growth Habit
Erect, slender, perennial, glabrous, evergreen, branched, herb
Growing Climates
Waste places, cultivated areas, along roadsides, meadows, plantations, forest edges, Open rocky places, lowland areas
Soil
Generally grows in a wide  of soils and it does best in moist well drained sandy loams high in organic matter particularly under full light
Plant Size
Up to 20-80 cm tall
Root
Long, branched, fusiform taproot
Stem
Grooved, elongating before flowering and repeatedly dichasially branched at the top into various spreading branches
Leaf
The plant forms two types of leaves: Leaf of basal rosette is 10-16 centimeters long, 3-4 centimeters wide, narrow, with rounded tips, tapered base, and toothed margins, while leaves on the stalks are smaller and tougher
Flower
Creamy white flowers are arranged in a reduced umbel inflorescence that is cylindrical with a dome-shaped top (1.2 cm long, 0.5 cm wide).
Fruit Shape & Size
Egg-shaped schizocarp, up to 1.5 mm × 0.75 mm, densely tuberculate, splitting into 2 semi-globose mericarps with indistinct ribs
Propagation
By Seed. Stem cuttings is also possible
Flavor/Aroma
Pungent odor
Taste
Bitter, soapy flavor similar to cilantro, but stronger
Plant Parts Used
Leaves and seeds
Health Benefits
Eliminate Bad Breath
Lowers Glucose
Asthma
Pain Relief
Prevents Neurological inflammation
Detoxification
Root decoction is taken as a sudorific, diuretic, febrifuge, abortifacient, stomachic and stimulant.
Juice or a decoction of the leaves is used as a stimulant, as a laxative and as a remedy for colds and fever.
Decoction of the whole plant is said to lower blood pressure, to be a potent emmenogogue and abortifacient, and is also used as an aphrodisiac.
Decoction of the whole plant is used as an anti-malarial and for the treatment of hemorrhages.
Plant is boiled and the water used for a herbal bath or as a medication for chicken pox and measles.
The leaves are febrifuge, laxative.
An infusion is used to treat chills, grippe, fevers, head colds, as a children’s purgative.
Decoction of the crushed leaves is used as a treatment for children’s leprosy and children’s convulsions.
An infusion is used to treat hydropsy and stomach pains.
Leaf shows antimicrobial activity.
It is reportedly used in traditional medicine for burns, earache, fevers, hypertension, constipation, fits, asthma, stomachache, worms, infertility complications, snake bites and also in malaria.
Tea prepared from the leaves is used to treat fever, flu, diarrhea, constipation, and vomiting.
It is also thought to promote menstrual bleeding.
Plant is used in traditional medicines for fevers and chills, vomiting, diarrhea and in Jamaica for colds and convulsions in children.
Leaves and roots are boiled and the water drunk for pneumonia, flu, diabetes, constipation, and malaria fever.
Root can be eaten raw for scorpion stings and in India the root is reportedly used to alleviate stomach pains.
Leaves themselves can be eaten in the form of chutney as an appetite stimulant.
Decoction of whole plants used as antimalarial.
In Mizoram, India, decoction of fruits used in dysentery.
Leaf juice applied to forehead for fever.
Ethnic communities in the Kodagu district of Karnatak use the leaf decoction against gastrointestinal disorders and the leaf paste for wound healing.
It can also help with asthma, it lowers the blood pressure, and it helps with epileptic seizures.
It has a calming effect and it soothes away the seizures.
It also soothes away the headaches when you drink its tea.
Leaves and roots are boiled and the water drunk for treating pneumonia, flu, diabetes, constipation, and malaria fever.
Crushed leaves are placed in the ear to treat pain, and are used for the local treatment of arthritic processes.
Plant is useful for female reproductive problems such as infertility, childbirth complications, menstrual pains, ease of delivery, postpartum abdominal pains, and vaginal infections and as an emmenogogue.
Decoction of the whole plant is used to ease delivery, but is contraindicated for pregnancy because it is reported to provoke uterine contraction in Brazil.
Culinary uses
Fresh leaves are used as a flavoring in food, e.g. in soups, curries, stews, rice and fish dishes.
Tender young leaves are eaten raw or cooked, as a vegetable.
Aromatic herb is used to increase taste in various curries.
It is also used to add in chutneys, torka etc. for its attractive flavor and taste.
Leaves can be steamed and served with rice.
Root is used as a flavoring in soups.
Seed is used as a flavoring.
Leaves are used to season meat and other foods in Caribbean, Latin American and Asian cuisines.
In Latin America, the leaves are often added to salsas, a spicy, tomato-based sauce that is eaten with tortilla chips.)
Cilantro leaves can be used to prepare a variety salsas, gravies, barbecued foods and even appetizing drinks.
Fresh leaves can be used in salad.