EPPO Global Database

Eryngium foetidum(ERXFO)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ERXFO
  • Preferred name: Eryngium foetidum
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, Guyanas to Peru and Bolivia, Brazil. Used like coriander (q.v.), and also medicinally. Introduced in Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia (Sumatra, Java, Malaya, Borneo), China, Guinée to Ghana, Cameroon, Angola to Zaïre to Kenya


Common names
Name Language
false coriander English
fitweed English
shadow-benny English
spiritweed English
acapate Spanish (ES)
culantro coyote Spanish
falso-coentro Portuguese
Mexikansk koriander Swedish
вьетнамская зелень Russian
jangli dhane Bengali
cì qín Chinese
刺芹 Chinese
ketumbar Indonesian