Prunus lusitanica L., 1753 41% complete

Portuguese laurel cherry

Sp. Pl.: 473 (1753)


Data sources

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Sourced8 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded14 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 473 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Portuguese laurel cherry No source recorded
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Family common name Rose family No source recorded
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Observations SW. Europe, Morocco No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 800 cm
  • 800 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 37, 68, 175, 178, 251, 882
Sourced
Biological type phanerophyte Sourced
Flower color white Differs from sources
Fruit color purple Sourced
Fruit shape drupe Sourced
Growth habit Tree, Shrub No source recorded
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Maximum height 800 cm
  • 800 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 37, 68, 175, 178, 251, 882
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 4 / 9 · moderately dry air No source recorded
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Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light
  • 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
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Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 6.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 5.5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)
  • 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 · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record