Apiaceae FAMILY

Eryngium foetidum

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Culentro is an erect, perennial plant growing from 20 - 80cm tall from a taproot. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine, It is sometimes cultivated as a coriander-like flavouring in the tropics[ 301 Title Cornucopia II Publication Author Facciola. S. Publisher Kampong Publications, California. Year 1998 ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 Description The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeCentral America - Mexico.

HabitatOpen rocky places at elevations of 700 - 1,200 metres where it is naturalised in Nepal[ 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ]. Meadows, plantations, waste places, along roadsides and forest edges, from lowland areas up to 1,700 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].