Fragrant Trees

The Fragrant Trees were species of trees that were brought by the Elves from Tol Eressëa to Númenor, where they grew in a western region named Nísimaldar. The sweet scent that their leaves, flowers, and bark emitted gave these trees their name. The Fragrant Trees were later planted in other regions even though they did not grew as abundantly. Each Fragrant Tree species had an unique name. They were: Oiolairë, Lairelossë, Nessamelda, Vardarianna, Taniquelassë, Yavannamírë and Malinornë.Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Two: The Second Age, I: "A Description of the Island of Númenor", pg. 167
==In other versions==
In an earlier version of the legendarium in The Lost Road, there was only one tree that was brought to Númenor from Tol Eressëa by the Eldar. This tree was named Lavaralda. It had long green leaves which were golden on the undersides. Its flowers were pale with a yellow brush and a faint but clear odour that brought rest and great content. Lávaralda flowered in thick branches and it rested from flowering only at seldom and rare times.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part One, III: The Lost Road, (ii) "The Númenórean chapters", pgs. 57-8
In the story, The Lost Road, a "great hedge of lavaralda" fenced in the garden of Elendil's house at its western end. It had been planted by Elendil many years before prior to marriage.
Lavaralda is a name in Quenya meaning "golden blossom tree", consisting of the elements lávar ("golden blossom")Parma Eldalamberon 17, "Words, Phrases, and Passages in The Lord of the Rings", pg. 159 (entry "lawar") and alda ("tree, branchParma Eldalamberon 16, pg. 139")The Lord of the Rings. In an earlier version, the name of the tree was Lavarin.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part One, III: The Lost Road, (ii) "The Númenórean chapters", Notes on the Númenórean chapters of The Lost Road, pg. 70 (note 1)
==References==
Category:Númenor
Category:Fragrant trees of Númenor