Photo of an avocado seed on the surface of the soil in a pot. The seed is germinating, and a shoot is emerging from the seed.
Bonus cotyledon post: If you’ve grown an avocado from seed, you’ll recognize the two massive cotyledons & the shoot that arises from between them. The cotyledons at germination are the cryptocotylar, geal, and storage reserve type. 📷: Hornbeam Arts CCBYNC2 #cotyledon #Lauraceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
A research team reported a chromosome-scale genome and multi-omics analysis of a Lauraceae medicinal tree in April 2025, published in Horticulture Research.
#terpenoid biosynthesis #Lauraceae
Details: doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhaf116
A flowering branch portion of Endiandra hainanensis Merr. & F.P.Metcalf endemic to China (photo by Bing Liu).
Dispersal across Wallace's Line: A case study in #Endiandra
New #AJB research by Jiayi Song, Deby Arifiani, Jens Rohwer, David Kay Ferguson & Yong Yang
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #phylogenomics #Lauraceae
A thick rough barked brown tree trunk divides into ten thick branches, leaving an open space in the centre. The trunk and branches contrast with a background of small green leaves
Pruning for the overhead cable has produced an interesting shaped camphor laurel in Paddington
#Camphora officinarum
#Lauraceae
#sydney #tree #trees #StreetTree #UrbanPlanting 🌱
Another #parasiticplant! #Cassytha racemosa forma pilosa! What I I forgot to photograph was the smooth pyriform fruit that distinguishes this form from C. forma. racemosa which has rounded lobed fruit! #WildOz #Lauraceae
Close-up photo of the leaves and a single spherical, black, shiny fruit.
Linalool can repel pests like mosquitoes & flour beetles. It is also a significant contributor to the insecticidal & repellent activities in the essential oil of camphor trees, Cinnamomum camphora #Lauraceae. #linalool #phytochemistry #insecticide #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪
Day 94 of #JRBPVirtualTour, the one and only #Californiabay (#Umbellularia #californica). #Californiabay an #evergreen tree in the #Lauraceae family that is native to coastal forests of California. It is one of the few trees that tolerates #serpentine or #clay soils. (1/10)
