Laurus nobilis (Bay laurel)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  magnoliids >  Order: Laurales >  Family: Lauraceae > Genus: Laurus

The bay leaves we use in seasoning food are derived from this tree. Indigenous to the Mediterranean.