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habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

older stem and leaf stalks (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

leaves (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

close-up of leaf and leaf underside (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

flowers and immature fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

close-up of flowers (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

elongated clusters of mature fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

close-up of the shiny black fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

close-up of dried fruit (Photo: Tracey Slotta at USDA PLANTS Database)

seedlings (Photo: Sheldon Navie)

Prunus lusitanica

Scientific Name

Prunus lusitanica L.

Family

Amygdalaceae (New South Wales)
Rosaceae (Queensland, the ACT, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia)

Common Names

Portugal laurel, Portuguese laurel, Portuguese laurel cherry

Origin

Native to south-western Europe (i.e. Portugal, Spain and south-western France), the Azores, the Madeira Islands, the Canary Islands and north-western Africa (i.e. Morocco).

Naturalised Distribution

This species is becoming widely naturalised in south-eastern Australia. It has been recorded in the central tablelands region in New South Wales, in some parts of Victoria and in south-eastern South Australia. It is possibly also naturalised in Tasmania.

Also naturalised overseas in western USA (i.e. California and Oregon) and New Zealand.

Notes

Portuguese laurel (Prunus lusitanica) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria and New South Wales.