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LAURUS NOBILIS

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SCIENTIFIC LATIN NAME

The scientific name of this plan is Laurus nobilis .

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VULGAR NAME

(greek)

Laurus nobilis (English)

Ereinotza edo erramua (Basque)

Laurel (Spanish)

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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, whosediagnostic 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

2

4 cm broad, with an entire (untoothed) margin. On some leavesthe margin undulates. The fruit is a small, shiny black berry-like

drupe about 1 cm long that contains one seed.

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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.

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DRAWING

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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 apollocontinued 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

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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 orgreenhouse plant in colder regions

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THREATS AND

SINGULTARITY