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|accepted_name=Prunus laurocerasus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 474. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Common cherry laurel;laurel cherry
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae;Prunus;Prunus laurocerasus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Prunus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Prunus laurocerasus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 355, 363
|treatment_page=page 362
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, sometimes suckering, 20–60(–100) dm, not thorny. <b>Twigs</b> with terminal end buds, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> persistent; petiole 5–15 mm, glabrous, eglandular; blade elliptic to obovate, 6–18 × 3–7 cm, base cuneate to obtuse, margins remotely serrulate or nearly entire, teeth blunt, glandular, apex abruptly short-acuminate, apicula acute, surfaces glabrous, abaxial glandular, glands 1–several, proximal, flat, circular to oval. <b>Inflorescences</b> 26–32-flowered, racemes; central axes (35–)55–130 mm, leafless at bases. <b>Pedicels</b> 1–5 mm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> blooming before leaf emergence; hypanthium cupulate, 3–4 mm, glabrous externally; sepals spreading, triangular, 0.7–1.2 mm, margins usually entire, sometimes with deciduous glands, ciliate in spots, surfaces glabrous or hairy; petals white, obovate or broadly elliptic to suborbiculate, 3–5 mm; ovaries glabrous. <b>Drupes</b> deep purple-red to nearly black, ovoid to conic-ovoid, 13–17 mm, glabrous; mesocarps fleshy to leathery; stones ovoid, not flattened.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–May; fruiting Aug–Nov.
|habitat=Riparian thickets, shaded ravines, understory of urban and second-growth forests
|elevation=0–600 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>Flowering specimens of <i>Prunus laurocerasus</i> with small leaves and entire margins that otherwise resemble <i>P. caroliniana</i> can be identified by their larger hypanthia and longer petals. In fruit, the stone is much harder in <i>P. laurocerasus</i> and does not split open upon drying; the flesh around the stone is thicker and more succulent.</p>
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name=Prunus laurocerasus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–May; fruiting Aug–Nov.
|habitat=Riparian thickets, shaded ravines, understory of urban and second-growth forests
|elevation=0–600 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.;Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
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|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae
|genus=Prunus
|species=Prunus laurocerasus
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