Coriander, Coriander fruit . The calyx is 5-toothed, acute, unequal, and permanent.
Petals obovate, emarginate, with inflexed lobes, the exterior radiating and bifid.
The fruit is spherical, a line and a half in diameter, somewhat coriaceous, carminative, and aromatic. Occasionally it is found in cultivation in the United States and South American States. When the fresh plant is bruised, it emits a disagreeable, bedbug-like odor, but by desiccation the fruit acquires its peculiar aromatic odor. The pleasant flavor is owing to a volatile oil, which may be procured by distillation. Alcohol takes up the active properties of the seed, water only partially.