Laurus nobilis L.

English: Grecian Laurel, Sweet Bay

German: Echter Lorbeer

Mandarin: 月桂 (yue gui)

Portuguese: Loureiro

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Laurales (9)

        Family: Lauraceae (9)(family description)

          Genus: Laurus (1)

            Epithet: nobilis L. (1)

nobilis => noble, stately

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: green, beige, white

Check for Laurus nobilis at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [589] Laurus nobilis - Plants For A Future database
• [1065] Laurus nobilis - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
• [1236] Laurus - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
• [1521] Laurus nobilis - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.