Prunus laurocerasus: Cherry Laurel
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Description: Information from Botanical.com, a modern herbal, on this poisonous plant, its description, constituents, medicinal action and uses.
A Modern Herbal | Cherry Laurel Click on graphic for larger image Botanical: Prunus laurocerasus (LINN,) Asia Minor; cultivated in Europe. A small evergreen tree rising 15 to 20 feet, with long, spreading branches which, like the trunk, are covered with a smooth blackish bark. Leaves oval, oblong, petiolate, from 5 to 7 inches in length, acute, finely toothed, firm, coriaceous, smooth, beautifully green and shiny, with oblique nerves and yellowish glands at the base. Flowers small, white, strongly odorous, disposed in simple axillary racemes. Fruit an oval drupe, similar in shape and structure to a blackcherry, the odour of hydrocyanic acid may be detected in almost all parts of the tree and especially in the leaves when bruised.
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