Bitterroot Restoration

Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Common name: Dhania, Dhoney (Beng.); Coriander (Eng.).
Life cycle: Annul
Native Range: Coriandrum sativum is native to southern Europe and North Africa to southwestern Asia.

Coriandrum sativum is a soft, hairless plant growing to 50 centimetres (20 in) tall. Their leaves are variable in shape, broadly lobed at the base of the plant, and slender and feathery higher on the flowering stems. Their flowers are borne in small umbels, white or very pale pink, asymmetrical, with the petals pointing away from the center of the umbel longer (5–6 mm) than those pointing towards it (only 1–3 mm long). Their fruit is a globular dry schizocarp 3–5 mm diameter.

It is a commonly used domestic remedy, valued especially for its effect on the digestive system, treating flatulence, diarrhoea and colic. It settles spasms in the gut and counters the effects of nervous tension. The seed is aromatic, carminative, expectorant, narcotic, stimulant and stomachic. It is most often used with active purgatives in order to disguise their flavour and combat their tendency to cause gripe.