| Scientific Name: | Prunus lusitanica |
| Common Name: | Portugal laurel |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Invasive plant |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Hedge row, Screening |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Elliptic, Oblong, Serrate, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Blue, Black, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong, most blades 7-12cm long x 3-5cm wide, leathery glossy dark green, margin serrulate and wavy, petioles 1-2cm long, red (branchlets also usually red and helps to distinguish it from <a href ='https://www.google.com/search?q=Prunus+laurocerasus+leaf' target='_blank'>P. laurocerasus</a>). | |