Cilantro - Quilquina

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Hi,

 

Just bought a Quilquina plant

http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php?action=varietiesinspecies & genus\

=other & species=plants

<http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php?action=varietiesinspecies & genu\

s=other & species=plants>

" It reminds a little of cilantro, but the taste is stronger. And the

smell from the leaves is fantastic. "

 

http://www.drugsbase.nl/artikel.asp?artikel=364

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" Quilquina (Killi)

Porophyllum rudirale

 

Family: Apiaceae

Annual. Native to South America. Unusual. The odor of the

green herb is a bit like a combination of Coriander and Rue.

Completely unique. The leaf is used in Bolivia as a condiment

which also lowers blood pressure. Cultivation: Easy. May be

sown in the greenhouse and transplanted or seeded directly

in the garden as you would Marigolds. Full sun, moderate water.

Space plants 1 foot apart.

Grows to 4 feet. "

 

Bought it at Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County

Eleventh Annual — Spring Garden Market

http://www.mastergardeners.org/events/2005/SGM_2005.html

<http://www.mastergardeners.org/events/2005/SGM_2005.html>

 

My wife doesn't like cilantro because she has the

soap taste reaction whereas I like cilantro. We shall

see if this causes the same soap reaction.

 

Admittedly I also bought the following 11 hot peppers too:

csipos fuzepaprika

aji yellow russian

rocoto

tabasco greenleaf

malagueta

piquin firecracker

santaka

sonoran chiltepin

ulupica

bulgarian carrot

billy goat

 

And we bought two more tomatoes:

Gardeners Delite (cherry)

Stump of the World (similar to beefsteak)

 

Then we had thai food at the Blue Mango in San Jose

which also has a separate vegetarian menu. (We found

out when we got back in the car to head home that

during our meal the Pope's death had been announced.)

 

Actually started the morning at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National

Wildlife Refuge,

http://desfbay.fws.gov/

<http://desfbay.fws.gov/>

trying to see what birds we could see.

Maybe we saw a grebe but we're not sure.

 

Gary