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|synonyms_ref = 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species )〕 }} ''Prunus laurocerasus'', also known as cherry laurel, common laurel and sometimes English laurel in North America, is an evergreen species of cherry (''Prunus''), native to regions bordering the Black Sea in southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe, from Albania and Bulgaria east through Turkey to the Caucasus Mountains and northern Iran.〔Euro+Med Plantbase Project: (''Prunus laurocerasus'' )〕〔Germplasm Resources Information Network: (''Prunus laurocerasus'' )〕 The common names of ''P. laurocerasus'' refer to the similarity of foliage and appearance to bay laurel (''Laurus nobilis'', the true laurel, in the Lauraceae family), and like the bay laurel, ''Prunus laurocerasus'' was used for making laurel wreaths, but the two plants are unrelated. It is not to be confused with its American relative ''Prunus caroliniana'', which is also called cherry laurel. ==Description== ''Prunus laurocerasus'' is an evergreen shrub or small to medium-sized tree, growing to tall, rarely to , with a trunk up to 60 cm broad. The leaves are dark green, leathery, shiny, (5–)10–25(–30)cm long and 4–10 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin. The leaves can have the scent of almonds when crushed. The flower buds appear in early spring and open in early summer in erect 7–15 cm racemes of 30–40 flowers, each flower 1 cm across, with five creamy-white petals and numerous yellowish stamens with a sweet smell. The fruit is a small cherry 1–2 cm broad, turning black when ripe in early autumn.〔Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.〕〔Flora of NW Europe: (''Prunus laurocerasus'' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prunus laurocerasus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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