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Botanical Family · Laurales

Lauraceae

Laurel/Cinnamon family

46 speciesOrder Laurales8+ well-known plants

The laurel family of aromatic trees and shrubs, providing cinnamon, avocado, bay leaf, and camphor. Among the dominant canopy trees of humid tropical forests worldwide. Leaves contain essential oils and are typically simple, entire, and glossy.

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Representative LAURACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Lauraceae
Key pattern

Aromatic, usually evergreen trees and shrubs with alternate leaves and small, petal-less flowers in loose clusters.

The spicy fragrance — think bay leaf and cinnamon — runs through the whole plant, not just the familiar spice parts.

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Which Lauraceae species is this?

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Fruit MarkAnything distinctive about the fruit?
Large pear-shaped edible fruit
Not sure / other
Ordinary small drupe
Small berry-like drupe on a cup
Leaf SurfaceWhat does the leaf surface feel or look like?
Glabrous
Glabrous (smooth, hairless)
Not sure / other
Pubescent (softly hairy)
AromaDoes the bark or leaves have a strong recognizable smell?
Camphor scent
Cinnamon/spice scent
Not sure / other

How to recognise the Lauraceae family

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    Aromatic bark and leaves

  • 02

    Small 6-tepalled flowers, stamens in whorls

  • 03

    Single-seeded drupe or berry

Typical leaf characters

Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.

Typical flower & fruit

Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.

Notable members

PisatreeActinodaphne angustifoliaPisaActinodaphne hookeriMarshnut-Leaf Bay TreeAlseodaphne semecarpifoliaKonkan WalnutBeilschmiedia dalzelliiCeylon PurplenutBeilschmiedia wightiiCamphorCamphora officinarumLaurel DodderCassytha filiformisCountry CinnamonCinnamomum malabatrum

All 46 species in LAURACEAE

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