Re: Vietnamese coriander?
- Subject: Re: Vietnamese coriander?
- From: Richard Dufresne s*@infionline.net
- Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 09:50:44 -0400
At 12:55 AM 5/7/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>I bought a plant called Vietnamese coriander at the Merritt College
>(Oakland, CA) plant sale last Saturday, and I'm wondering if anyone has had
>experience growing or using it. Smells just like coriander, but the leaves
>are very different.
>
>Tanya Kucak
>Palo Alto, California
Tanya:
My friends Art Tucker and Kim Kuebel once did a publication on this plant,
but I can't remember the name. I believe it is a relative of Smartweed or
Prince's Plume (Polygonaceae). I'd look it up, but my texts have been
packed up for my move to a new residence.
Richard F. Dufresne
313 Spur Road
Greensboro, North Carolina 27406 USA
336-674-3105
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