English name:Coriander Herb
Latin name:Herba Coriandri Sativi
Latin botanical animal and mineral name:Coriandrum sativum L.
Family Classification:Umbelliferae
Planting History
Coriander, the earliest known as caraway, originating from the Mediterranean coast and Central Asia, according to the "Museum of Natural History" said, "Zhang Qian made the Western Regions also, get garlic ...... caraway "Seed return, so the name caraway. However, the "Museum" version of the records vary, and with a variety of historical records contradict each other, and unreliable. Thus, some people testify that the introduction of caraway is actually after Zhang Qian. However, caraway as a vegetable, at least in the North and South Dynasties, can be sure that has been widely planted. Because in the "Qimin Yaojiao", has recorded quite detailed planting caraway and the production of pickled coriander method. Coriander Han Dynasty was called coriander, is the appearance of the stem and leaves scattered, so the planting history in the Western Han Dynasty! By the time of Zhao, Shi Le did the emperor, "taboo Hu, so Jin Fen people call coriander for coriander," so the name of coriander in Jin, while the south is still called coriander, coriander.
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