AusTraits

Laurus nobilis

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Family Lauraceae

Taxonomy: Laurus nobilis L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): SA (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (18), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (14), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (32). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 44 traits from 76 records in 8 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 13 mm (10-16 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 12 mm (10-14 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); purple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 87.5 mm (50-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (18-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.95 cm (0.5-1.3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (2); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_oblong (1); oblong (2); ovate (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (2); undulate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (1); tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • pollination_system (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 12 m (12-12 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
eFLOWER_20212532J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538.
ABRS_20231318Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_20231214VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Stephens_202311R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.