Lauraceae
Bay laurel
Laurus nobilis
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Laurus
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Common names
By language (81)
- ab
- Адаҧа
- aeb
- رند
- Afrikaans
- Lourierboom
- Albanian
- Dafina
- Arabic
- غار, الغار, رند, غار النصر, غارنبيل, ورق الغار
- arz
- ورق الغار
- Asturian
- Lloréu
- Azerbaijani
- Nəcib dəfnə
- Basque
- Ereinotz, Erramu
- Belarusian
- Лаўр высакародны
- Bosnian
- Lovor
- Bulgarian
- Лавър, Лаврово дърво
- Burmese
- ကရဝေး
- Cantonese
- 月桂
- Catalan
- Llorer, Llor
- Chinese
- 月桂, 月桂叶, 月桂子, 月桂樱子, 月桂树
- Corsican
- Addoru, Alloru
- Croatian
- Lovor
- Czech
- Vavřín vznešený, Bobek, Vavřín ušlechtilý
- Danish
- Ægte Laurbær, Lauerbær, Laurbær
- Dutch
- Laurier, Laurierboom
- English
- Bay laurel, Sweet bay, Laurel
- Esperanto
- Nobla laŭro
- Estonian
- Harilik loorberipuu
- Filipino
- Bay Laurel, L. nobilis
- Finnish
- Laakeripuu, Välimerenlaakeripuu
- French
- Laurier d'Apollon, Laurier noble, Laurier Sauce, Laurier-sauce
- frr
- Echt loorbeer, Loorbeer
- Galician
- Loureiro
- German
- Echter Lorbeer, Edler Lorbeer, Fructus Lauri, Lorbeer, Lorbeerbaum, Lorbeerblatt
- grc
- Δάφνη
- Greek
- Δάφνη, Βάγια, Βαγιά, Δαφνολιά, Φυλλάδα
- gv
- Laurys, Billey buigh, Billey bwee, Billey millish
- Haitian Creole
- Lorye flè
- Hebrew
- ער אציל, דפנה, עלי דפנה
- hsb
- Prawy ławrjenc
- Hungarian
- Nemes babér
- Igbo
- Laurel, Nwa laurel
- Indonesian
- Dafnah
- Irish
- Labhras, Labhras milis
- Italian
- Alloro
- Japanese
- ゲッケイジュ, ゲッケイジツ, ゲッケイジュ属, ゲッケイヨウ, ローレル, 月桂実, 月桂樹, 月桂葉
- Javanese
- Laurel
- kab
- Tarselt
- Korean
- 월계수, 월계꽃
- Latvian
- Dižciltīgais laurs, Dižciltīgais lauru koks
- li
- Laurier, Lawweleer, Loreer
- lij
- Auföggio
- Lithuanian
- Kilnusis lauramedis, Kilnusis lauras, Lauro lapai, Lauro lapas, Laurų lapai
- Luxembourgish
- Lolber, Lorber
- Macedonian
- Ловор
- Malagasy
- Laorely
- Malay
- Dafnah
- Maltese
- Siġra tar-rand
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Laurbær, Ekte laurbær, Laurbærblad
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Laurbær, L. nobilis, Laurbærbusk
- nrm
- Louothi, Louori
- Occitan
- Laurièr, Laurier, Laurèir, Laurèr
- os
- Уæздан лавр
- Persian
- برگ بو
- Polish
- Wawrzyn szlachetny, Liście bobkowe, Liście laurowe, Liść bobkowy
- Portuguese
- Loureiro
- Romanian
- Dafin, Laur
- Russian
- Лавр благородный, Благородный лавр, Лавровое дерево
- sc
- Laru
- Serbian
- Ловор
- Serbian (Latin)
- Lovor
- sgs
- Babka
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇၵရဝူၺ်း, ၵရဝေး
- Slovak
- Vavrín pravý, Bobkový list
- Slovenian
- Navadni lovor, Lovor
- Spanish
- Arbol de Apolo, Choriu, Lauredo, Laurel, Laurel comun, Laurel común, Laurel de Apolo, Laurel de cocina
- Swedish
- Lager, Lagerblad, Lagerträd, Lagrar
- Turkish
- Akdeniz defnesi
- Ukrainian
- Лавр благородний
- Uzbek
- Dafna
- vec
- Doraro, Lavranèr
- Vietnamese
- Nguyệt quế, Nguyệt quế Hy Lạp
- Welsh
- Llawrwydden
- Wolof
- Lóriye
- wuu
- 月桂
Synonyms
- Laurus angusta Raf.
- Laurus nobilis f. lanceolata Meisn.
- Laurus nobilis f. latifolia (Risso) Maire
- Laurus nobilis var. angustifolia Nees
- Laurus nobilis var. floribunda Meisn.
- Laurus nobilis var. flos-pleno Radogizky
- Laurus nobilis var. lanceolata Meisn.
- Laurus nobilis var. latifolia Risso
- Laurus nobilis var. longifolia Risso
- Laurus nobilis var. rotundifolia Emb. & Maire
- Laurus nobilis var. undulata Meisn.
- Laurus nobilis var. variegata Radogizky
- Laurus papillosa Demoly
- Laurus salicifolia Nees
- Laurus tenuifolia Mill.
- Laurus undulata Mill.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April, September (from 242 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Robert Vennell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sylvain Eichhorn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wo st 01, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orviz del Felgueron Nicolás, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: conapa técnico, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sanjay Acharya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.