The laurel tree is 12 meters high, the bark is black-brown, the branches are cylindrical with longitudinal fine stripes on the surface, the flowers are in umbels, the color is yellow-green, and the fruits are dark purple when ripe, and the plants are mostly grown in the thickets, streams, roadsides, or forests, which are native to the Mediterranean area, and nowadays they are widely cultivated in China's Yangtze River Basin, and in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian, and other places.

Growth Height of the Laurel Tree

The laurel tree is 12 meters high, the bark is black-brown, the branches are cylindrical, with longitudinal fine stripes on the surface, the leaves are oblong, the upper surface is dark green, the lower surface is light green, there is no tomentum, and the flowers are in umbels with yellowish-green color, and the fruits are dark purple when they are ripe.

The growing environment of the laurel tree

The laurel tree likes warm and humid climate, strong cold tolerance, can briefly tolerate the low temperature of minus 6 ℃, suitable for growth in loose, deep, well-drained, good irrigation conditions in sandy soil, saline and alkali tolerance is weak, avoid waterlogging.

Distribution range of the laurel tree

The laurel tree belongs to the subtropical species, mostly growing in the thickets, streams or forests, native to the Mediterranean area, in India, Myanmar and Vietnam are also distributed, and now China's Yangtze River Basin and Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and other regions are also cultivated.

Propagation of laurel trees

Laurel trees are mainly propagated by sowing, in mid to late September to collect seeds for sand storage, wait until the following spring to sow, the seeds should be soaked in warm water for a whole day, and then taken out to dry can be sown, usually 20-30 days can be germinated.