Plant Details

Accepted name:: Laurus nobilis L. [Lauraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alloro	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
barg bu	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
barg-e-bou	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bay	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bay laurel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bay leaf	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
bay leaf oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
bay tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bay-leaf laurel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dafni	Other	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
daphni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
defne	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
defne yapragi	Other	Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010)
defne yaprağı	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
dáfni	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
gekkeiju	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ghar	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
grecian laurel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hab-ul-ghar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
habb-ul-ghaar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hub-ul-ghar	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kafour	Other	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
lager	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
laurel	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
laurel - whole and ground leaves	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
laurel leaf oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
lauri aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
lauri folia	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
lauri fructus	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
laurier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
laurier commun	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
laurier d'appolon	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
laurier noble	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
lorbeer	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
lorbeerbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lorbeerblaetter	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
lorbeerstrauch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
loureiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
loureiro comum	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
louro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
louro comum	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
louro-comum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
louro-de-apolônio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
louro-europeu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lǎo lì ér	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
oleoresin laurel leaf	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
qār	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
roman laurel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sweet bay	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sweet bay tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
true bay	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
true laurel	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
true or bay- laurel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
waraq alghar	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
wereq ‘xar	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
yue gui	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yuè guì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yuè guì zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
δάφνη	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
الغار	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
برگ بو	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
غار	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
قرو راغلا	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
‘xar	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
‫غار‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
月桂	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
月桂叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
月桂子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
老利儿	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Fruit, Leaf		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Folium		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Fruit, Leaf	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Leaf and fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Leaf, Fruit	Leaf oil, Oil, Essential oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
leaves		Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
leaves		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
leaves		Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
leaf, tender tops, fruit		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
fruit		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leaf		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
leaf		Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006)
leaf		Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010)
leaves, berry, fruit	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
leaf	oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
leaves		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
leaf		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
leaf		ISO Catalogue (2009)
fruit	vegetal drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
leaf	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Laurus angusta Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 136 (1838).
Laurus nobilis var. angustifolia Nees Syst. Laur.: 580 (1836).
Laurus nobilis var. floribunda Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 233 (1864).
Laurus nobilis var. flos-pleno Radogizky Zhurn. Sadov. 1850(2): 30 (1850), not validly publ.
Laurus nobilis f. lanceolata Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 233 (1864).
Laurus nobilis var. lanceolata Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 233 (1864).
Laurus nobilis f. latifolia (Risso) Maire Fl. Afrique N. 11: 263 (1964).
Laurus nobilis var. latifolia Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 49 (1826).
Laurus nobilis var. longifolia Risso Hist. Nat. Prod. Eur. Mérid. 2: 49 (1826).
Laurus nobilis var. rotundifolia Emb. & Maire Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 21-22: 47 (1930).
Laurus nobilis var. undulata Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 233 (1864).
Laurus nobilis var. variegata Radogizky Zhurn. Sadov. 1850(2): 30 (1850).
Laurus papillosa Demoly Bull. Assoc. Parcs Bot. France 71: 43 (2021).
Laurus salicifolia Nees Syst. Laur.: 580 (1836), not validly publ.
Laurus tenuifolia Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 3 (1768).
Laurus undulata Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Laurus nobilis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Herbal Med. in Jordan (Abu-Irmaileh & Afifib, 2003) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Laurus nobilis L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Israel (Dafnia et al., 1984) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Laurus nobilis Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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