Acute difficulties are experienced by taxonomists in arriving at satisfactory
classifications of various parts of Apiaceae due to little information available on
morphological aspects of different umbelliferous species. Thus, Coriandrum sativum
L. ( Coriander) was chosen to undertake a careful study dealing with germination of
seeds and external morphology of vegetative and reproductive growth of this plant
throughout the consecutive stages of its entire life span. Such knowledge may fulfill
information acquisition in this concern. The morphology of vegetative growth includes: plant height, length of the main
stem, number of internodes of the main stem, length and diameter of successive
internodes of the main stem, number of secondary branches, length of secondary
branches, number of leaves per plant and fresh weight of leaves per plant. The morphology of reproductive growth includes: number of compound umbels
per plant, number of umbellets per compound umbel, total number of umbellets per
plant, number of flowers per umbellet, total number of flowers per plant, total number of
cremocarps per plant, yield of cremocarps per plant and specific weight of cremocarps.