Coriander is an annual herb, mainly cultivated for its fruits as well as for the tender green leaves. It is also famous as cilantro, or dhania. The fruits have a fragrant odor and pleasant aromatic taste. The dried ground fruits are the major ingredients of the curry powder. The whole fruits are also used to flavor foods like pickles, sauces and confectionary. The young plants as well as the leaves are used in the preparation of chutney and are also used as seasonings in curries, soups, sauces and chutneys. It has medicinal properties too. Fruits are said to have carminative, diuretic, tonic, stomachic and aphrodisiac properties.