Mexican Coriander, also known as 'Bandhania', 'Culantro', 'Sawtooth Coriander'. It is native to Mexico, Central and South America, and Caribbean; but it is cultivated worldwide.
It is used as fresh as well as dried herb. It has been used is traditional medicine in tropical regions for burns, fevers, hypertension, earache, constipation, snake bites, constipation, stomachaches, diarrhea, etc.
Culantro's look is extremely different from the regular coriander leaves; although it looks more like spinach, but the leaf edges has shark tooth like texture.
Here is a glimpse of the 'Mexican Coriander' from my own organic vegetable garden.
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