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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How to recognise the Lauraceae family
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Aromatic bark and leaves
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Small 6-tepalled flowers, stamens in whorls
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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
All 46 species in LAURACEAE
- PisatreeActinodaphne angustifolia
- PisaActinodaphne hookeri
- Marshnut-Leaf Bay TreeAlseodaphne semecarpifolia
- Konkan WalnutBeilschmiedia dalzellii
- Ceylon PurplenutBeilschmiedia wightii
- CamphorCamphora officinarum
- Laurel DodderCassytha filiformis
- Country CinnamonCinnamomum malabatrum
- CinnamonCinnamomum nitidum
- Sulphur CinnamonCinnamomum sulphuratum
- Indian Bay LeafCinnamomum tamala
- True Cinnamon Tree, CinnamonCinnamomum verum
- Malabar LitseaLitsea bourdillonii
- Leather-Leaf LitseaLitsea coriacea
- Free-Flowering LitseaLitsea floribunda
- Ghat LitseaLitsea ghatica
- Bolly BeechLitsea glutinosa
- Smooth LitseaLitsea laevigata
- Many-Flowered LitseaLitsea monopetala
- Deccan LitseaLitsea quinqueflora
- Nilgiri LitseaLitsea stocksii
- Wight's LitseaLitsea wightiana
- Chinese CinnamonNeolitsea cassia
- Avocado Pear, Soldier's Butter, Butter Fruit, Alligator Pear, Aguacate, AbacatePersea americana
- Indian PerseaPersea macrantha
- Lanceleaf LaurelPhoebe lanceolata
- Actinodaphne bourdillonii
- Actinodaphne madraspatana
- Actinodaphne malabarica
- Actinodaphne salicina
- Alseodaphne semecarpifolia var. angustifolia
- Cinnamomum heyneanum
- Cinnamomum wightii
- Cryptocarya amygdalina
- Cryptocarya beddomei
- Cryptocarya neilgherrensis
- Cryptocarya wightiana
- Litsea deccanensis
- Litsea glabrata
- Litsea ligustrina
- Litsea mysorensis
- Neolitsea fischeri
- Neolitsea foliosa
- Neolitsea scrobiculata
- Neolitsea zeylanica
- Phoebe wightii
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