PORTUGAL LAUREL
Prunus lusitanica
Rose [Rosaceae] 
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Rose [Rosaceae]
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| 22nd June 2010, Resr, Holker Hall, Cark. | Photo: © RWD |
| A small tree up to 8 metres. |
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| 22nd June 2010, Resr, Holker Hall, Cark. | Photo: © RWD |
Unlike Cherry Laurelwhere the panicles of flowers stick bolt upright, here they droop downwards below the horizontal. |
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| 22nd June 2010, Resr, Holker Hall, Cark. | Photo: © RWD |
| Un-opened flower buds are almost spherical. Opened flowers have five petals and many conspicuously long stamens. |
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| 22nd June 2010, Resr, Holker Hall, Cark. | Photo: © RWD |
| Each panicle has flowers on just the uppermost side of the flowering stem. |
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| 22nd June 2010, Resr, Holker Hall, Cark. | Photo: © RWD |
| The stamens stick out radially well beyond the petals. |
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| 22nd June 2010, Resr, Holker Hall, Cark. | Photo: © RWD |
| Five white petals (which can fall off) and ten to 15 stamens bearing fawn-coloured pollen. |
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| 22nd June 2010, Resr, Holker Hall, Cark. | Photo: © RWD |
| The central Ovary is lime-green, within a deep yellow-coloured well. |
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| 22nd June 2010, Resr, Holker Hall, Cark. | Photo: © RWD |
| This double-flower (sharing the panicle with normal single flowers) has two ovaries within the yellow hairy centre, and about twice as many stamens, numbering 24. It probably has twice as many petals too, at ten. |
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| 22nd June 2010, Resr, Holker Hall, Cark. | Photo: © RWD |
| Un-opened flower buds have five light-green stubby triangular sepals, with short red hairs at the tip. |
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| 22nd June 2010, Resr, Holker Hall, Cark. | Photo: © RWD |
| The stalks can be dark red. |
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| 22nd June 2010, Resr, Holker Hall, Cark. | Photo: © RWD |
The leaves are a darker green and more pointed than those of Cherry Laurel. Leaves glossy green, with fine bluntish teeth. |
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Some similarities to :
Not to be confused with: ANY TEXT GOES HERE |
 Prunus (Cherries) |
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Rose [Rosaceae]
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