The plants around us. Volum II The plant around us. Volum II | Page 10

English: laurel
Spanish: laurel
Laurus Nobilis
Estonian: harilik
loorberipuu
Portuguese: laurel
Albanian: dafinë
Turkish: defne
Catalan: llorer
which turn dark gray as they get older .
Flowers Leaves
They are pale yellow, with 4
petals that appear in
March-April. The leaves, simple and
alternate, measure 6 - 15 x
2 - 5 cm. of intense green
color, glossy, matt on the
underside, with a reddish 1
cm petiole; they have a
lanceolate shape, with a
wavy border and an acute
apex; they have pinnated
nerve, the main nerve being
clearly visible in the beam
and prominent in the back;
Female flower Male flower
Tree of small size, up to 15 m.
It has a straight trunk with smooth
bark and green,
lustrous young branches,
Fruit
It is an ovoid - globose berry of 10 - 15
mm, acute and with remains of the
receptacle, black in maturity.