(Upload on September 23 2021) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Lauraceae (クスノキ科) > Laurus nobilis
Lifeform: evergreen trees or shrubs |
L. azorica, (Seub.) Franco, Azores laurel or Macaronesian laurel L. nobilis L. (ゲッケイジュ) |
L. novocanariensis, Rivas Mart., Lousâ, Fern. Prieto, E. Díaz, J. C. Costa et C. Aguiar |
Gekkeiju (ゲッケイジュ, 月桂樹), laurel, bay laurel, sweet bay, true laurel, Grecian laurel, or bay tree (UK) Lifeform: evergreen shrub or short tree Distribution: native to Mediterranean region Habitat: forests developed by itself (only remnants remain in a few small regions) |
Use: ornamental, medicine (fruit as stomach medicine and anti-rheumatoid drug) and seasoning |
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[1-3] in a herb garden at the roof floor of National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, on August 19 2021.