Prunus laurocerasus L.
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L.
L.
1753
474
LauroCerasus
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Prunus laurocerasus L.
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Prunus laurocerasus
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Prunus laurocerasus L.
Evergreen, wide spreading shrub or tree, up to c. 10 m high when mature, not armed, glabrous or almost so; trunks often several, usually short, often forming large thickets. Lf petiole 5-10-(12) mm long; blade coriaceous, oblanceolate to narrow-elliptic or narrow-oblong, (75)-90-150-(180) × (23)-30-50-(55) mm, acute to very short-acuminate but often splitting at tip and appearing emarginate, especially when dried, cuneate to rounded at base, shining above with prominent paler veins, less shining below; margin somewhat recurved, ± entire toward base, with distant, short, acute teeth toward apex; stipules long-triangular, deciduous. Infl. an axillary or terminal, erect, dense raceme (80)-100-(120) mm long, with 20-30-(35) fragrant fls; pedicels 2-2.5-(5) mm long, elongating slightly after anthesis. Hypanthium broad; sepals broadly triangular, c. 1 mm long, acute, green, ± erect. Petals 5, spreading, orbicular, 2.5-5 × 2-4 mm, rounded, greenish white to cream. Stamens > petals; filaments pale. Fr. c. 10 mm long, ovoid, glabrous, dark purple, very bitter; stone smooth.
Taxonomic concepts
Prunus laurocerasus L.
Prunus laurocerasus L.
Prunus laurocerasus L.
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441917ec-f768-4c4c-8282-a8717c314490
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1 January 2000
3 June 2021