Prunus laurocerasus L., 1753 43% complete

Cherry-laurel

Sp. Pl.: 474 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Prunus laurocerasus, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced13 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded10 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 474 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Cherry-laurel No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Rose family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations SE. Europe to Iran No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 500 cm
  • 500 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 37, 68, 174, 178, 251, 500, 882
Sourced
Biological type phanerophyte
  • phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white Sourced
Fruit color purple, black Sourced
Fruit shape drupe Sourced
Growth habit Tree, Shrub
  • Tree, Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 600 cm
  • 600 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 37, 68, 174, 178, 251, 500, 882
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun
1 earlier or rejected value
Differs from sources
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 178, 460, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 4 / 9 · moderately dry air
  • 4 / 9 · moderately dry air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light
  • 4 / 9 · shade to half-shade · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 21 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 37, 57, 67, 71, 89, 110, 444, 445, 822
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 6.5
  • pH 6.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 5.5
  • pH 5.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type — Not on the record
Propagation method — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record