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3 minutes ago, jedovaty said:Do you eat the roots like with cilantro/coriander?
I was curious about their taxonomy and their relation. According to wikipedia:
Culantro: Eryngium foetidum
Cilantro: Coriandrum sativum
Looks like they are both in the same family, Apiaceae, which also includes carrots, celery, and parsley
They are in the same botanical family, but very different it terms of genus. Nothing like carrots, for example.
The roots are not normally eaten by humans!
1 minute ago, jedovaty said:Do you eat the roots like with cilantro/coriander?
I was curious about their taxonomy and their relation. According to wikipedia:
Culantro: Eryngium foetidum
Cilantro: Coriandrum sativum
Looks like they are both in the same family, Apiaceae, which also includes carrots, celery, and parsley
They arein the same biotanical family, but very different it terms of genus. Nothing like carrots, for example.
