Bay Laurel
Laurus nobilis · Lauraceae · 월계수
How to spot it
Fragrant evergreen leaves and dark gray, fissured bark.
Look
- Leaves
- Alternate simple leaves with smooth margins.
- Flowers
- Male and female flowers grow on separate trees; flowers are green, white or yellow.
- Fruit
- Female trees bear small black to purple drupes.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Planted
- Native to
- Mediterranean coast
- Ecology
- Slow-growing and adaptable to a range of well-drained soils; used by birds.
Sources
- NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
- 국립수목원 국가표준재배식물목록(개정)
- 국립생물자원관, 국가생물종목록 I(2019)
- 오비디우스 『변신이야기』 1권 (Perseus 디지털 도서관)
- 오비디우스 『변신이야기』 1권 (Perseus 디지털 도서관, Brookes More 영역)
- 파우사니아스 『그리스 안내기』 10.7.8 (W.H.S. Jones·H.A. Ormerod 영역, 1918, Perseus 디지털 도서관)
- 파우사니아스 『그리스 안내기』 10.5.9 (W.H.S. Jones·H.A. Ormerod 영역, 1918, Perseus 디지털 도서관)