Plant Details

Accepted name:: Prunus laurocerasus L. [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cerry bay	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cherry laurel	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cherry-laurel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
english cherry-laurel	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
english laurel	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kirschlorbeer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kirschlorbeerbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lagerhägg	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
laurel	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
laurel cerezo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
laurier-amande	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
laurier-cerise	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
laurocerasus	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
lorbeerkirsche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
loureiro-cerejeira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
louro-cereja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
louro-cerejeira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
louro-inglês	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fresh leaf		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 91 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cerasus laurocerasus (L.) Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult. 3: 390 (1802).
Cerasus laurocerasus f. angustifolia (Loudon) Anon. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 5: 621 (1889).
Cerasus laurocerasus var. angustifolia Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 716 (1838).
Cerasus laurocerasus var. camtschatica Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 77 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus laurocerasus capensis K.Koch Hort. Dendrol.: 147 (1853), nom. nud.
Cerasus laurocerasus var. caucasica G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 261 (1864).
Cerasus laurocerasus colchica K.Koch Hort. Dendrol.: 147 (1853), nom. nud.
Cerasus laurocerasus var. colchica Anon. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 5: 621 (1889).
Cerasus laurocerasus var. erecta Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 77 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus laurocerasus var. intermedia Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 77 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus laurocerasus var. latifolia Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 77 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus laurocerasus var. laurifolius Albov Prodr. Fl. Colchic.: 70 (1895).
Cerasus laurocerasus var. longifolia Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 77 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus laurocerasus var. microphylla Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 77 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus laurocerasus var. myrtifolia Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 77 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus laurocerasus var. otini Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 77 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus laurocerasus parvifolia Anon. Garden (London, 1871-1927) 21: 134 (1882).
Cerasus laurocerasus var. pumilio Lindl. J. Hort. Soc. London 7: 281 (1852).
Cerasus laurocerasus var. rotundifolia Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 77 (1877), nom. nud.
Cerasus laurocerasus subvar. rotundifolia Anon. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 5: 621 (1889).
Cerasus laurocerasus variegata K.Koch Hort. Dendrol.: 147 (1853), nom. nud.
Lauro-cerasus macrophylla Briot Rev. Hort. (Paris) 41: 180 (1869).
Lauro-cerasus officinalis M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 91 (1847).
Lauro-cerasus officinalis f. angustifolia (Loudon) Pilip. Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 782 (1954).
Lauro-cerasus officinalis var. brachystachys Medw. & Albov Prodr. Fl. Colchic.: 68 (1895).
Lauro-cerasus officinalis f. camelliifolia (G.Nicholson) Pilip. Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 782 (1954).
Lauro-cerasus officinalis f. caucasica (G.Kirchn.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 647 (1906).
Lauro-cerasus officinalis f. colchica C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 647 (1906).
Lauro-cerasus officinalis f. magnoliifolia (Bean) Pilip. Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 782 (1954).
Lauro-cerasus officinalis f. mischeana (Späth) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 646 (1906).
Lauro-cerasus officinalis f. parvifolia (G.Nicholson) Pilip. Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 782 (1954).
Lauro-cerasus officinalis f. schipkaensis (Späth ex H.L.Späth) Pilip. Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 782 (1954).
Lauro-cerasus officinalis var. schipkaensis (Späth ex H.L.Späth) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 646 (1906).
Lauro-cerasus officinalis f. serbica (Pančić) Pilip. Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 782 (1954).
Lauro-cerasus officinalis f. zabeliana (Späth) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 646 (1906).
Lauro-cerasus officinalis f. zabeliana (Späth) Pilip. Derev. Kustarnik. URSS 3: 782 (1954).
Lauro-cerasus otinii Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 45: 240 (1873).
Lauro-cerasus vulgaris Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 12: 90 (1863).
Lauro-cerasus vulgaris angustifolia Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 12: 90 (1863).
Lauro-cerasus vulgaris longifolia Verl. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 15: 280 (1866).
Lauro-cerasus vulgaris rotundifolia Verl. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 15: 280 (1866).
Padus laurocerasus (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: Padus n.° 4 (1768).
Prunus grandifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 356 (1796).
Prunus laurocerasus var. angustifolia Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 240 (1914).
Prunus laurocerasus f. angustifolia (Loudon) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 246 (1903).
Prunus laurocerasus f. benardii Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 246 (1903), nom. nud.
Prunus laurocerasus var. bertinii L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1455 (1901).
Prunus laurocerasus var. brachystachyus (Medw. & Albov) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 164 (1907).
Prunus laurocerasus f. camelliifolia (L.H.Bailey) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 246 (1903).
Prunus laurocerasus var. camelliifolia L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1455 (1901).
Prunus laurocerasus var. camelliifolia G.Nicholson Hand-List Trees Shrubs: 145 (1894), nom. nud.
Prunus laurocerasus var. caucasica (G.Kirchn.) H.Jaeger Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl.: 398 (1865).
Prunus laurocerasus f. caucasica (G.Kirchn.) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 246 (1903).
Prunus laurocerasus var. colchica H.Jaeger Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl.: 398 (1865), nom. nud.
Prunus laurocerasus f. colchica Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 246 (1903).
Prunus laurocerasus f. compacta (Bean) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 349 (1949).
Prunus laurocerasus var. compacta Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 240 (1914).
Prunus laurocerasus fiesserana Schwer. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 31: 322 (1921).
Prunus laurocerasus f. fiesseriana Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 4: 1062 (1923).
Prunus laurocerasus var. japonica L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1455 (1901).
Prunus laurocerasus var. latifolia G.Nicholson Hand-List Trees Shrubs: 145 (1894), nom. nud.
Prunus laurocerasus f. latifolia (L.H.Bailey) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 246 (1903).
Prunus laurocerasus var. latifolia L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1455 (1901).
Prunus laurocerasus var. laurifolius (Albov) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 164 (1907).
Prunus laurocerasus var. longifolia H.Jaeger Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl.: 398 (1865).
Prunus laurocerasus f. magnoliifolia (Bean) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 349 (1949).
Prunus laurocerasus var. magnoliifolia Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 240 (1914).
Prunus laurocerasus f. microphylla Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 649 (1893).
Prunus laurocerasus var. microphylla H.Jaeger in H.Jaeger & L.Beissner, Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl., ed. 2: 270 (1884).
Prunus laurocerasus mischeana Späth Nursery Cat. (Späth) 104: 112 (1899).
Prunus laurocerasus var. otinii Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 240 (1914).
Prunus laurocerasus f. otinii (Carrière) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 246 (1903).
Prunus laurocerasus f. parvifolia (Anon.) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 349 (1949).
Prunus laurocerasus var. parvifolia Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 241 (1914).
Prunus laurocerasus var. parvifolia G.Nicholson Hand-List Trees Shrubs: 145 (1894), nom. nud.
Prunus laurocerasus var. porpaczyi Pénzes Bot. Közlem. 47: 287 (1958).
Prunus laurocerasus f. pyramidalis Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 246 (1903), nom. nud.
Prunus laurocerasus f. rotundifolia (Verl.) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 246 (1903).
Prunus laurocerasus var. rotundifolia L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1455 (1901).
Prunus laurocerasus var. salicifolia H.Jaeger in H.Jaeger & L.Beissner, Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl., ed. 2: 270 (1884).
Prunus laurocerasus var. schipkaensis Späth ex H.L.Späth Nursery Cat. (Späth) 79: 3 (1890-1891 publ. 1890).
Prunus laurocerasus f. schipkaensis (Späth ex H.L.Späth) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 246 (1903).
Prunus laurocerasus var. serbica Pančić Kirschlorbeer: ? (1887).
Prunus laurocerasus f. serbica (Pančić) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 246 (1903).
Prunus laurocerasus f. variegata (L.H.Bailey) Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 246 (1903).
Prunus laurocerasus var. variegata L.H.Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1455 (1901).
Prunus laurocerasus f. versaillensis Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 246 (1903), nom. nud.
Prunus laurocerasus f. zabeliana (Späth) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 350 (1949).
Prunus laurocerasus var. zabeliana (Späth) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 164 (1907).
Prunus laurocerasus zabeliana Späth Nursery Cat. (Späth) 104: 112 (1899-1900 publ. 1899).
Prunus rotundifolia Lauche Deut. Dendrol.: 652 (1880), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Prunus lauro-cerasus	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Prunus lauro-cerasus L.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Prunus laurocerasus	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Prunus laurocerasus L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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