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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Coriander
| image = Koeh-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.]]
}}
{{nutritionalvalue | name=Coriander leaves, raw | kJ=95 | protein=2 g | fat=0.5 g | carbs=4 g | fiber=3 g | vitA_ug=337 | vitC_mg=27 | right=1 }}

'''Coriander''' (''Coriandrum sativum''), also commonly called '''cilantro,''' is an [[annual plant|annual]] [[herb]] in the family [[Apiaceae]]. Coriander is native to southwestern [[Asia]] west to north [[Africa]]. It is a soft, hairless plant growing to 50 cm [20 in.] tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are variable in shape, broadly lobed at the base of the plant, and slender and feathery higher on the flowering stems. The [[flower]]s are borne in small [[umbel]]s, white or very pale pink, asymmetrical, with the petals pointing away from the centre of the umbel longer (5-6 mm) than those pointing to the middle of the umbel (only 1-3 mm long). The [[fruit]] is a globular dry [[schizocarp]] 3-5 mm diameter.

The name coriander derives from [[French language|French]] coriandre through [[Latin]] “''coriandrum''” in turn from [[Greek language|Greek]] “{{Polytonic|κορίαννον}}”.<ref>"Coriander", ''Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition,'' 1989. Oxford University Press.</ref> John Chadwick notes the Mycenaean Greek form of the word, ''koriadnon'' "has a pattern curiously similar to the name of [[Minos]]' daughter ''[[Ariadne]]'', and it is plain how this might be corrupted later to ''koriannon'' or ''koriandron''."<ref>John Chadwick, ''The Mycenaean World'' (Cambridge: University Press, 1976), p. 119</ref>