Coriander or Cilantro

Here is the Cilantro, Coriandrum sativum, plant or Coriander in the seed form grows wild over a wide area of Western Asia and southern Europe, prompting the comment, "It is hard to define exactly where this plant is wild and where it only recently established itself." Fifteen desiccated mericarps were found in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B level of the Nahal Hemar Cave in Israel, which may be the oldest archaeological find of coriander. About half a liter (a pint) of coriander mericarps was recovered from the tomb of Tutankhamen, and because this plant does not grow wild in Egypt, Zohary and Hopf interpret this find as proof that coriander was cultivated by the ancient Egyptians. Plants get to 24 inches tall and will bolt in hot weather. easy herb the grow! Open pollinated 30 to 40 days.

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