Laurel is part of the English common name of many trees and other plants, particularly those of the laurel family (''

Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant family that includes the true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genera worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ). They are dicotyledons, and occur ma ...

''). Most laurels are highly poisonous. Plants called "laurel" include:See article for additional common names. * Alexandrian laurel: ** ''

Calophyllum inophyllum ''Calophyllum inophyllum'' is a large evergreen plant, commonly called tamanu, oil-nut, mastwood, beach calophyllum or beautyleaf. It is native to tropical Asia and Wallacea. Due to its importance as a source of timber for the traditional shipbu ...

'', an evergreen tree in family Calophyllaceae ** ''

Danae racemosa ''Danae'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants. ''Danae racemosa'' is a slow-growing evergreen shrub about 60 cm in diameter and its common names are Alexandrian laurel and poet's laurel. In the APG III system, APG III classification sys ...

'', a small shrub in family Asparagaceae * Azores laurel, ''

Laurus azorica ''Laurus azorica'', the Azores laurel or Macaronesian laurel, is a small, evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae), found only on the Azores island group in the North Atlantic. Description The Azores laurel is a small dioecious tree, grow ...

'' * Bog laurel: ** ''

Kalmia microphylla ''Kalmia microphylla'', known as alpine laurel, bog laurel, swamp-laurel, western bog-laurel or western laurel, is a species of ''Kalmia'' of the family Ericaceae. It is native to North America and can be found throughout the western US and weste ...

'' ** '' Kalmia polifolia'' * California laurel, ''

Umbellularia californica ''Umbellularia californica'' is a large hardwood tree native to coastal forests and the Sierra foothills of California, and to coastal forests extending into Oregon. It is endemic to the California Floristic Province. It is the sole species in th ...

'' * Camphor laurel, ''

Cinnamomum camphora ''Camphora officinarum'' is a species of evergreen tree that is commonly known under the names camphor tree, camphorwood or camphor laurel. Description ''Camphora officinarum'' is native to China south of the Yangtze River, Taiwan, southern ...

'' * Canary laurel, ''

Laurus novocanariensis ''Laurus novocanariensis'' is a large shrub or tree with aromatic, shiny dark-green foliage. belonging to the evergreen tree genus ''Laurus'' of the laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes three species, whose diagnostic key characters ofte ...

'' * Cape laurel, ''

Ocotea bullata ''Ocotea bullata'', (stinkwood or black stinkwood, af, Stinkhout, xh, Umhlungulu, zu, Umnukane) is a species of flowering tree native to South Africa. It produces very fine and valuable timber which was formerly much sought after to make fur ...

'' * Cherry laurel, ''

Prunus laurocerasus ''Prunus laurocerasus'', also known as cherry laurel, common laurel and sometimes English laurel in North America, is an evergreen species of cherry ('' Prunus''), native to regions bordering the Black Sea in southwestern Asia and southeastern ...

'' * Chilean laurel, ''

Laurelia sempervirens ''Laurelia sempervirens'' is a species of evergreen tree in the family Atherospermataceae (formerly Monimiaceae). Common names include Peruvian nutmeg, tihue or trihue (from the Mapuche language), and Chilean laurel or Chilean sassafras. It is ...

'' * Chinese laurel, ''

Antidesma bunius ''Antidesma bunius'' is a species of fruit tree in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia and northern Australia. Its common Philippine name and other names include bignay, bugnay or bignai, Chinese-laurel, Queensland-cherry, sa ...

'' * Ecuador laurel, ''

Cordia alliodora ''Cordia alliodora'' is a species of flowering tree in the borage family, Boraginaceae, that is native to the American tropics. It is commonly known as Spanish elm, Ecuador laurel, cypre or salmwood. It can reach 35 m in height. Uses ''Cordia a ...

'' * English Laurel, ''

'' * Grecian or bay laurel, ''

Laurus nobilis ''Laurus nobilis'' is an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub with green, glabrous (smooth) leaves. It is in the flowering plant family Lauraceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and is used as bay leaf for seasoning in cooking. ...

'' * Great laurel, ''

Rhododendron maximum ''Rhododendron maximum'' — its common names include great laurel, great rhododendron, rosebay rhododendron, American rhododendron and big rhododendron — is a species of ''Rhododendron'' native to the Appalachians of eastern North America, fro ...

'' * Hedge laurel, ''

Pittosporum erioloma ''Pittosporum erioloma'' grows as a shrub or small tree. It is also known as the Lord Howe Island pittosporum or hedge laurel, though it is not a member of the laurel family. Description This plant grows up to 8 m in height. It has leav ...

'' * Indian laurel (disambiguation) * Japanese laurel, ''

Aucuba japonica ''Aucuba japonica'', commonly called spotted laurel, Japanese laurel, Japanese aucuba or gold dust plant (U.S.), is a shrub () native to rich forest soils of moist valleys, thickets, by streams and near shaded moist rocks in China, Korea, and ...

'' * Laurel clock vine, ''

Thunbergia laurifolia ''Thunbergia laurifolia'', the laurel clockvine or blue trumpet vine, is native to India and Thailand and the Indomalayan realm, the species occurs from Indochina to Malaysia. Description ''Thunbergia laurifolia'' leaves are opposite, heart-shap ...

'' * Laurel sumac, ''

Malosma laurina ''Malosma'' is a plant genus which contains only a single species, ''Malosma laurina'', with the common names laurel sumac and lentisco (Spanish).Integrated Taxonomic Information System (2007)''Malosma'' retrieved June 10, 2007. ''Malosma laurin ...

'' *

Mountain laurel (disambiguation) Mountain Laurel or mountain laurel may refer to: * '' Calia secundiflora'', Texas mountain laurel * '' Cryptocarya nova-anglica'' from eastern Australia * ''Kalmia latifolia'', from eastern North America * ''Umbellularia californica'', from north-w ...

, several plants * New Zealand laurel: ** ''

Corynocarpus laevigatus Karaka or New Zealand laurel (''Corynocarpus laevigatus'') is an evergreen tree of the family Corynocarpaceae endemic (ecology), endemic to New Zealand. It is common throughout the North Island, North and South Islands to Banks Peninsula (43°45� ...

'' ** ''

Coprosma repens ''Coprosma repens'' is a species of flowering shrub or small tree of the genus ''Coprosma'', in the family Rubiaceae, native to New Zealand. Common names include taupata, tree bedstraw, mirror bush, looking-glass bush, New Zealand laurel and sh ...

'' * Pig laurel, ''

Kalmia angustifolia ''Kalmia angustifolia'' is a flowering shrub in the family Ericaceae, commonly known as sheep laurel. It is distributed in eastern North America from Ontario and Quebec south to Virginia. It grows commonly in dry habitats in the boreal forest, a ...

'' * Portugal laurel, ''

Prunus lusitanica ''Prunus lusitanica'', the Portuguese laurel cherry or Portugal laurel, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae, native to southwestern France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, and Macaronesia (the Azores, Canary Islands and Madeira ...

'' * Sheep laurel, ''

'' * Spineless butcher's-broom, ''

Ruscus hypoglossum ''Ruscus hypoglossum'' is a small evergreen shrub with a native range from Italy north to Austria and Slovakia and east to Turkey and Crimea. Common names include spineless butcher's-broom, mouse thorn and horse tongue lily. The species name com ...

'' * Spotted laurel, ''

'' * Spurge laurel, ''

Daphne laureola ''Daphne laureola'', commonly called spurge-laurel, is a shrub in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae. Despite the name, this woodland plant is neither a spurge nor a laurel. Its native range covers much of Europe and extends to Algeria, M ...

'' * Swamp laurel: ** ''

'' ** '' Kalmia polifolia''

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