Laurel, Maider Gonzalez

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The scientific name of the Laurel is Lanobilis.

LAUREL


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NAMES OF THE LAUREL

In English, we call it laurel, in Basque isereinotz,and in Italian it is alloro.


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MORPHOLOGYCAL DESCRIPT

Laurel can variate a lot depending in theand in the size.

Each flower is or green or yellow.

The sheets are from 6-12 cm height, to 2

wide.

The fruit is a small dark bay with approxi

1 cm long.


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USES OF THE LAUREL

Laurel is used for a lot of things like thetraditional medicine. You can also use it

make some food or for the good smelling


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LEAVES

The laurel leaves are boiled in three parts of the water, when you have it in your mouth

stomach ache, and is also good to put in your skin at night.


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Laurel / ereinotz / Laurel Laurus nobili

Dafne

Homero Odisea IX 186

Hesodo Teog. XXX; Trab y das 435 ss

Pausanias VIII 20,2

Teofrasto II 1,3; II 5,6; III 7,3; IV 13,7

Virgilio 45-55

Ovidio Met. I 452-600

Dioscrides I,78; I 40

Plinio XIII 152-157; XV 130,134, 137; XXIV 132

Suetonio Galba I


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Translation of the texts

A lot of people recomends that when yougoing to vomit, to drink the laurel liquid.


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DAFNES STORY

The mithological history of the laurel:- A lot of years ago,an arrow has trown which had

points, the love and the hate. Apollo twew an arrow

arrow had two ways to be trwon, the first one was

and the other one was to hate. He has trown the in

one to Dafne and she hated Apolo and he has trwoway to himself so he felt in love with Dafne,

- So with a bit of time she transformated in a tree, b

love, Apollo kissed the tree and started making a c

the laurel s leaves.


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TYPES OF LAUREL

There are several different types of Laurel plants that are suitable for hedging. Most of

plants sold in the UK come from the Common or Cherry Laurel group (Prunus laurocerPortugal Laurel also makes a dense, evergreen hedge. Bay Laurel is also a useful hed

not hardy enough in some parts of the UK.


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PHOTOS OF LAUREL BUSHES


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ECOLOGY

Laurus nobilisis a widespread relic of the laurel foreststhat origina

much of the Mediterranean Basinwhen the climate of the regionhumid. With the drying of the Mediterranean during the

era, the laurel forests gradually retreated, and were

by the more drought-tolerant sclerophyllplant comm

familiar today. Most of the last remaining laurel fore

the Mediterranean are believed to have disappeared app

ten thousand years ago, although some remnants still p

the mountains of southern Turkey, northern Syria, s

Spain, north-central Portugal, northern Morocco, Cana

and in Madeira.
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CULTIVATION NOTES

Bay can be grown in a number of ways. It thrives in containers, eswatered regularly and positioned in a sheltered spot. In the garden,

grow as a large bushy shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 7.5m

more. Bay can also be turned into topiary(trees or shrubs cut or tr

specified shapes) specimens which can be shaped into pyramid, ba"lollipop" standards, and some have ornately plaited or spirally train

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