Culantro
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Scientific name
Eryngium Foetidum
English Name
Long-leafed coriander
Malayalam name
ആഫ്രിക്കൻ മല്ലി
Common name
Culantro
Description
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : It prefers well-drained soil and full sunlight, but it can also tolerate partial shade
- Leaves : grow in a rosette pattern and produce tall
- Flowers : small greenish-white flowers.
- Seeds : semiterete.
How to use
- Tea : The leaves and roots are used to prepare as tea, which will stimulate appetite, improve digestion, combat colic, soothe stomach pains, and eliminate gases and as an aphrodisiac.
- Pneumonia : The decoction of leaf and root is used in the treatments of Pneumonia, fever, dysentery, constipation, diabetes, and vomiting.
Parts used
Seeds,leaves and roots
Uses
Anti-microbial, Menstrual Disorders, Anti-inflammatory
Propagation & Cultivation
It is propagated through seeds and sowing them directly. Seeds take about 2-3 weeks to germinate. Transplant seedlings once they have a few true leaves.It is cultivated almost on all soils.Grows in warm, tropical climates. Can tolerate partial shade but thrives in full sun.
