Grow Duration: Appx 10 Days. Avg Size: 1". A tiny attractive herb boasting a surprisingly intense cilantro flavor. Use just a couple of leaves to add an abundance of flavor to appetizers, soups, salsa, sauces and Latin dishes. The fresh leaves are an ingredient in many South Asian foods, Chinese dishes and in Mexican salsas and guacamole. Coriander has been used as a folk medicine for the relief of anxiety and insomnia in Iranian folk medicine. Coriander is believed to be named after "koris", the Greek word for "bedbug" as it was said they both emitted a similar odor. The Chinese used the herb in love potions believing it provided immortality. Coriander is one of the herbs thought to have aphrodisiac qualities. Good source of Thiamin and Zinc, Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, C, E, K, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Lutein.