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Cilantro
Coriandrum sativum
The herb people argue about — leaf for salsa, seed for digestion. A two-crop kitchen annual.
Flavor
Leaf is polarizing: citrus-green or soap. Seed is warm, orange-peel, and sweet-spice.
Symptoms
indigestion, bloating, nausea
In favor
Two harvests from one sowing
Days to harvest
30–45 days for leaf; 90–110 days for ripe seed
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