Laurel (Common Laurel) Flower Language: compulsion (Charm

Laurel (Laurus nobilis), is a camphor family laurel genus, for the subtropical tree species [1] . Evergreen small trees or shrubs, crown ovoid, low branching, branchlets green, all fragrant. Leaves alternate, leathery, broadly lanceolate, margin undulate, with mellow fragrance. Unisexual flowers, dioecious, umbels clustered between leaf axils, florets yellowish. Drupe ellipsoid-globose, purple-brown when ripe. Flowering period March-May, fruit ripening period June-September.

Laurel is light-loving and slightly shade-tolerant. Prefer warm and humid climate, also tolerate short-term low temperature (-8 ℃). Native to the Mediterranean region, China's Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Taiwan, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces have introduced cultivation.

Laudis [2], the Latin etymology of laurel, means "praise" and was regarded by the Romans as a symbol of intelligence, protection and peace. So those who won the Olympic Games were presented with a headband made of laurel, and the imagery of the "poet laureate" was derived from this allusion. People also often associate the laurel tree with Apollo, the god of medicine.