page_title: Prunus lusitanica
section_title: Distribution
hierarchical_section_title: Prunus lusitanica / Distribution
caption_attribution_description: Español: Prunus lusitanica frutos, Dehesa Boyal de Puertollano, España English: Prunus lusitanica fruits, Dehesa Boyal de Puertollano, Spain
context_page_description: Prunus lusitanica, the Portugal laurel, is a species of the genus Prunus, related to the cherry. It is native to southwestern France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, and Macaronesia.
context_section_description: Prunus lusitanica  is rare in the wild, found mainly along mountain streams, preferring sunshine and moist but well-drained soils. It is moderately drought-tolerant. It reproduces either sexually (the most successful method) or asexually by cloning from shoots.
  The species was first scientifically described by Linnaeus in Species Plantarum in 1753. Its specific epithet lusitanica means of Lusitania, the Roman name for Portugal.
caption: Ripe fruit
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