Eryngium foetidum

Eryngium foetidum
Culantro
Eryngium foetidum leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Eryngium
Species: E. foetidum
Binomial name
Eryngium foetidum
L.

Eryngium foetidum is a tropical perennial and annual herb in the family Apiaceae. It is native to Mexico and South America but is cultivated worldwide. In the United States, where it is not well known, the name culantro sometimes causes confusion with Coriandrum sativum (also in Apiaceae), the leaves of which are known as cilantro, and which culantro is said to taste like.[1]

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Common names

In English-speaking Caribbean Countries Eryngium foetidum is also referred to as shadon, shado beni (or shadow benny), or bandhania (in Trinidad).

Other common names include: culantro (Panama); Recao (Puerto Rico); culantro de pata (Honduras); culantro coyote (Costa Rica); cilantro ancho (Dominican Republic); alcapate (El Salvador); long, wild, or Mexican coriander; samat (Guatemala); culantro burrero (Venezuela); fitweed; spiritweed; duck-tongue herb; sawtooth or saw-leaf herb, sawtooth coriander; cilantro cimarron; chardon benit (French chardon béni); recao (Puerto Rico); sachaculantro (Peru); bhandhanya (Hindi); donnia; Sinhala: අඳු කොල Andu-kola,[2] ngò gai (Vietnam); Txuj Lom Muas Loob los yog Nplooj Hniav Kaw (Hmong),chi barang (Khmer:ជីរបារាំង), and pak chi farang (Thai: ผักชีฝรั่ง); pak horm phay (Lao: ຜັກຫອມເປ).

Uses

Culinary

Eryngium foetidum foliage

E. foetidum is widely used in seasoning and marinating in the Caribbean, particularly in Trinidad and Tobago. It is also used extensively in Thailand, India, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia as a culinary herb. This variety of coriander dries well, retaining good color and flavor, making it valuable in the dried herb industry. It is sometimes used as a substitute for cilantro, but it has a much stronger taste.

In the United States, Eryngium foetidum grows naturally in Florida, Georgia, Hawai'i, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.[3] It is sold in grocery stores as a culinary herb under the common names; "culantro" (pronounced /kuːˈlɑːntroʊ/) and/or "recao" (pronounced |re:`kow|).

Traditional medicine

Ethnomedicinal uses include treatment for burns, earache, fevers, hypertension, constipation, fits, asthma, stomach ache, worms, infertility complications, snake bites, diarrhea and malaria.[4] Eryngium foetidum is also known as Eryngium antihystericum.[5] The name Eryngium antihystericum reflects the fact that this plant has traditionally been used as a treatment for epilepsy.[6] The plant is said to calm a person's spirit and thus prevents epileptic fits (seizures). The plant is therefore known by the common names spiritweed and fitweed. The anticonvulsant properties of this plant have been scientifically investigated.[7] A decoction of the leaves has been shown to exhibit anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.[8]

Eryngial is a patented extract of Eryngium foetidum.[9] Dr. Ralph Robinson, a Professor of Parasitology at the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, has investigated the use of Enyngial as a treatment for human Strongyloides stercoralis infection (strongyloidiasis).[10] A fraction of the essential oil rich in eryngial is the subject of a US patent application for its effectiveness against parasitic trypanosomes, nematodes, fungi and bacteria in humans and other mammals.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ramcharan, C. (1999). "Culantro: A much utilized, little understood herb". In: J. Janick (ed.), Perspectives on new crops and new uses. ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia; p. 506–509.
  2. ^ Botany-sinhala website
  3. ^ Distribution of Eryngium foetidum in the United States United States Department of Agriculture
  4. ^ Paul J.H.A., Seaforth C.E., Tikasingh T. "Eryngium foetidum L.: A review" Fitoterapia 2011 82:3 (302-308)
  5. ^ Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
  6. ^ Culantro, in Herbalpedia, a publication of The Herb Growing & Marketing Network.
  7. ^ Simon, OR; Singh, N (1986). "Demonstration of anticonvulsant properties of an aqueous extract of Spirit Weed (Eryngium foetidum L.)". The West Indian medical journal 35 (2): 121–5. PMID 3739342. 
  8. ^ M. T. Sáenz, M. A. Fernández, M. D. García. "Antiinflammatory and analgesic properties from leaves of Eryngium foetidum L. (Apiaceae)" Phytotherapy Research, Volume 11, Issue 5, p. 380–383.
  9. ^ Yarnell, A. "Home Field Advantage" Chemical & Engineering News, June 7, 2004. Volume 82, Number 23, p. 33.
  10. ^ Eryngial as a treatment for strongyloidiasis.
  11. ^ Paul J.H.A., Seaforth C.E., Tikasingh T. "Eryngium foetidum L.: A review", Fitoterapia 2011 82:3 (302-308)

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