Apiaceae
Coriander
Coriandrum sativum
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Coriandrum
Pets and kids
- CatsSafe
- DogsSafe
- KidsSafe
Why
Cats: Safe
Sources below say it is non-toxic to cats. Any plant can upset a stomach if a lot is eaten.
- Cilantro - Toxic and Non-toxic Plants - ASPCA ASPCA Animal Poison Control
- Coriandrum sativum (Chinese Parsley, Cilantro, Coriander, Dhania) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox University or extension
Dogs: Safe
Sources below say it is non-toxic to dogs. Any plant can upset a stomach if a lot is eaten.
- Cilantro - Toxic and Non-toxic Plants - ASPCA ASPCA Animal Poison Control
- Coriandrum sativum (Chinese Parsley, Cilantro, Coriander, Dhania) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox University or extension
Kids: Safe
Sources below say it is non-toxic to young children. Any plant can upset a stomach if a lot is eaten.
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Is Coriander safe for cats, dogs and kids?
Is Coriander safe for cats?
Our sources call Coriander non-toxic to cats. Any plant can upset a stomach if a lot is eaten.
- Cilantro - Toxic and Non-toxic Plants - ASPCA ASPCA Animal Poison Control
- Coriandrum sativum (Chinese Parsley, Cilantro, Coriander, Dhania) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox University or extension
Is Coriander safe for dogs?
Our sources call Coriander non-toxic to dogs. Any plant can upset a stomach if a lot is eaten.
- Cilantro - Toxic and Non-toxic Plants - ASPCA ASPCA Animal Poison Control
- Coriandrum sativum (Chinese Parsley, Cilantro, Coriander, Dhania) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox University or extension
Is Coriander safe for kids?
Our sources call Coriander non-toxic to young children. Any plant can upset a stomach if a lot is eaten.
Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.
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Common names
By language (130)
- ace
- Aweueh
- aeb
- تابل
- Afrikaans
- Koljander
- Albanian
- Korianderi
- Amharic
- ድምብላል
- Arabic
- كزبرة, الكسبرة, الكسبره, كسبر, كسبرة, كسبره, كزبرة ملفيتية
- Armenian
- Գինձ
- arz
- كزبره
- Assamese
- ধনিয়া
- Asturian
- Coriandru européu
- azb
- گشنیز
- Azerbaijani
- Keşniş
- ban
- Ketumbah
- Bangla
- ধনে, ধনিয়া
- Basque
- Martorri, Martorria
- Belarusian
- Каляндра пасяўная, Каляндра, Кінза
- Bhojpuri
- धनिया
- bjn
- Katumbar
- bo
- འུ་སུ།
- Bosnian
- Korijander
- Breton
- Koriandrez
- Bulgarian
- Кориандър
- Burmese
- နံနံပင်
- Cantonese
- 芫茜, 芫荽, 香菜
- Catalan
- Coriandre, Cilandre
- Chinese
- 芫荽, 胡荽, 胡荽子, 芫荽子, 芫荽实, 芫荽茎, 芫荽（香菜、胡荽）, 香荽
- Croatian
- Korijander
- csb
- Séwny kòlãder
- cv
- Кориандр
- Czech
- Koriandr setý, Koriandr
- Danish
- Koriander
- Divehi
- ކޮތަނބިރި
- Dutch
- Koriander, Ketoembar
- English
- Coriander, Cilantro
- Esperanto
- Kultiva koriandro
- Estonian
- Aedkoriander
- Filipino
- Unsoy
- Finnish
- Korianteri, Maustekorianteri
- French
- Coriandre, Coriande, Coriandre chinoise, Coto-mili, Persil arabe, Persil chinois
- frr
- Echt Koriander
- Galician
- Coandro
- gan
- 芫茜, 芫荽, 香菜
- Georgian
- Ქინძი
- German
- Echter Koriander, Coriander, Gartenkoriander, Koriander
- Greek
- Κόλιανδρος
- Guarani
- Kuratũ
- Gujarati
- કોથમીર
- Hebrew
- כוסברה, כוזברה, קוסברה, קוריאנדר
- hil
- Kulantro
- Hindi
- धनिया
- Hungarian
- Koriander, Cigánypetrezselyem, Kínai petrezselyem
- Icelandic
- Kóríandrajurt
- Indonesian
- Ketumbar
- io
- Koriandro
- Irish
- Lus an choire
- Italian
- Cilantro, Coriandolo, Prezzemolo cinese
- Japanese
- コリアンダー, コウサイ, コエンドロ, コリアンドルム・サティーヴム, シャンツァイ, シラントロ, パクチー, 中国パセリ
- Javanese
- Ketumbar, Tumbar
- Kannada
- ಕೊತ್ತುಂಬರಿ
- Kazakh
- Егістік кориандр
- Korean
- 고수
- Kurdish
- Gijnîj, Şemujek
- Kyrgyz
- Кориандр
- lah
- دھݨیا
- Latvian
- Koriandrs, Kindza, Kinza, Koriandri, Sējas koriandrs
- Lithuanian
- Blakinė kalendra, Kalendra, Kalendros, Koriandras
- Luxembourgish
- Koriander
- lzh
- 胡荽
- Macedonian
- Коријандер
- mad
- Katombhâr
- Maithili
- धनियाँ
- Malagasy
- Koriana
- Malay
- Ketumbar, Pokok Ketumbar
- Malayalam
- മല്ലി, Coriander, കുസ്തുംഭരി, കൊത്തമല്ലി, കൊത്തമ്പാല, കൊത്തമ്പാലരി, ധന്യക, മല്ലിയില
- Manipuri
- ꯐꯗꯤꯒꯣꯝ
- Marathi
- कोथिंबीर
- mnc
- ᠸᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᠰᠣᡤᡳ
- mzn
- امزنا
- nan
- Iân-sui, Iân-suiⁿ
- nap
- Pëtiáttëra
- Nepali
- धनियाँ
- new
- मल्लि
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Koriander
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Koriander, Coriándrum satívum
- Occitan
- Coriandre
- Odia
- ଧଣିଆ, ଧନିଆ
- os
- Чиндзи, Кендзе, Киндзæ, Кориандр, Тымбыл хъонтхора
- pam
- Coriander
- Persian
- گشنیز
- Polish
- Kolendra siewna, Kolender, Kolender siewny
- Portuguese
- Coentro, Coentros
- Punjabi
- ਧਨੀਆ
- Quechua
- Kulantru, Cilantro, Coriander, Coriandro, Culantro, Silantru
- roa
- Coriandole
- Romanian
- Coriandru
- Russian
- Кориандр, Киндза, Кинза, Кишнец, Кориандр посевной
- Sanskrit
- कुस्तुम्बरी, धान्याकम्
- sat
- ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱱᱭᱟᱹ, ᱫᱷᱩᱱᱟᱭᱟᱹ
- scn
- Cugghiandru, Cugghiànnaru
- sco
- Corrydander
- Scottish Gaelic
- Coireaman, Lus a' choire
- Serbian
- Коријандар
- Serbian (Latin)
- Korijandar, Korijander
- sgs
- Kalendros
- shn
- ၽၵ်းၵီး
- Sindhi
- ڌاڻا
- Sinhala
- කොත්තමල්ලි
- Slovak
- Koriander siaty
- Slovenian
- Koriander, Kišenc, Kišnec, Kišnic, Korijander, Korjandr, Kornikovec, Korničnik
- Somali
- Kamsar
- Spanish
- Anisillo, Ceandro, Celandria, Cilandro, Cilantro, Cilantro hortense, Cilantro silvestre, Ciliandro
- Sundanese
- Katuncar
- Swedish
- Koriander, Koriandersläktet
- Tajik
- Кашнич
- Tamil
- கொத்தமல்லி, கொத்தமல்லிக்கீரை, கொத்துமல்லி, மல்லி
- Tatar
- Калияндыр
- tcy
- ಕೊತ್ತಂಬರಿ
- Telugu
- ధనియాలు
- Thai
- ผักชี
- Turkish
- Kişniş, Aşotu, Kinzi
- Ukrainian
- Коріандр, Коляндра, Кіндза, Кінза
- Urdu
- دھنیا
- Uzbek
- Koriander
- Vietnamese
- Rau mùi, Ngò, Ngò rí
- vls
- Koriander, Coriander
- vo
- Koriand
- Welsh
- Llysiau'r bara, Coriander
- wuu
- 香菜
- xmf
- Ქინძი
- Yiddish
- פעלד־גליאנדער
Synonyms
- Bifora loureiroi Kostel.
- Coriandropsis syriaca H.Wolff
- Coriandrum diversifolium Gilib.
- Coriandrum globosum Salisb.
- Coriandrum majus Gouan
- Coriandrum majus Garsault
- Coriandrum melphitense Ten. & Guss.
- Coriandrum sativum subsp. asiaticum Stolet.
- Coriandrum sativum subsp. indicum Stolet.
- Coriandrum sativum subsp. vavilovii Stolet.
- Coriandrum sativum var. afghanicum Stolet.
- Coriandrum sativum var. africanum Stolet.
- Coriandrum sativum var. anatolicum Stolet.
- Coriandrum sativum var. arabicum Stolet.
- Coriandrum sativum var. asiaticum Stolet.
- Coriandrum sativum var. indicum Stolet.
- Coriandrum sativum var. microcarpum DC.
- Coriandrum sativum var. pygmaeum Stolet.
- Coriandrum sativum var. vavilovii Stolet.
- Coriandrum sativum var. vulgare Alef.
- Selinum coriandrum E.H.L.Krause
- Sium coriandrum Vest
Flowers
- In flower
- April to July (from 168 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rodolfo Salinas Villarreal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brshedayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Blog Surya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.