PALO LORO
prunus lusitanica l.
PALO LORO
prunus lusitanica l.
Laurocerasus lusitanica (L. M. Roem.
Family
: Rosaceae.
Place of
origin
: Species spontaneously in the
Iberian
Peninsula, Macaronesia and North Africa.
Etymology:
Prunus, Latin name of the wild
plum
. Lusitanica, from the Latin lusitanicus -
a
- um, the Lusitania, Portugal.
Description:
Small
evergreen
tree that can reach 10 m in height, with dark - gray bark. Simple leaves, ovate - lanceolate, from 3. 5 - 12. 5 cm. long and 2 - 5 cm. wide, hairless on both sides, something coriaceous. Range scalloped or with teeth mucron. Make shimmering green and paler underside and glaucous. Petiole 1. 5 - 2. 5 cm. in length. White flowers of about 8 mm in diameter, gathered in axillary racemes 15 - 25 cm. long, longer than the leaves. They appear around June and are not fragrant. Fruit ovoideo of about 8 mm in diameter, hairless, the first green and then
purple
- black at maturity, on short stalks. Bone smooth.
Cultivation and uses:
The wood is pink and is used in woodwork. There are some horticultural cultivars:
'angustifolia'
, 'Myrtifolia', 'Variegata'.
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