LAURUS NOBILIS

S C I E N T I F I C L AT I N N A M E
The scientific name of this plan is Laurus nobilis .

VULGAR NAME
(greek)
Laurus nobilis (English)
Ereinotza edo erramua (Basque)
Laurel (Spanish)

MORPHOLOGICAL
DESCRIPTION
The laurel can vary greatly in size and height, sometimes reaching
1018 metres tall. Laurus is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to
the Laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes three species, whose
diagnostic key characters often overlap .
The laurel is dioecious , with male and female flowers on separate
plants.Each flower is pale yellow-green, about 1 cm diameter, and
they are borne in pairs beside a leaf. The leaves are 612 cm long and
24 cm broad, with an entire (untoothed) margin. On some leaves
the margin undulates. The fruit is a small, shiny black berry-like
drupe about 1 cm long that contains one seed.

CLASSICAL AUTHORS
Homero Odisea IX 186
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CLASSICAL AUTHORS
Homero Odisea IX 186 (translation in English):
And when we arrived at a place that was not far away,
saw secluded cave close by the sea,
tall and dafnoskepasti, and countless flocks there
sheep and goats and stalizan courtyard was around
tall stone tucked amid the land, and pine trees

large oaks and apsilokorfes blocked.

DRAWING

MYTHOLOGICAL
SYMBOLISM
Apollo, one of the most powerful gods and a great warrior, fell in
love with nymph Daphne, but Daphne didt love Apollo. But apollo
continued following her, so Daphne said Zeus to changed her form,
and Zeus echange her form and Daphne became a tree. Apollo also
used his powers of eternal youth and immortality to render her ever
green. Since then, the leaves of the Bay laurel tree have never known

decay

USES OF THE PLANTS

FOOD: The plant is the source of several popular herbs and one spice
used in a wide variety of recipes, particularly among Mediterranean
cuisines.

MEDICINE: Aqueous extracts of bay laurel can also be used as

astringents and even as a reasonable salve for open wounds.
OTHER USES: Bay is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in
regions with Mediterranean or oceanic climates, and as a house plant or

greenhouse plant in colder regions

THREATS AND
SINGULTARITY