Viburnum tinus, Laurustinus,
מורן החורש
 
Scientific name:  Viburnum tinus
Common name:  Laurustinus
Hebrew name:   מורן החורש
Family:  Caprifoliaceae, יערתיים

Viburnum tinus, Laurustinus, מורן החורש
Location: Lower Galilee, Manof (מנוף); Date Picture Taken: March 6,2009

 
Life form:  Tree, phanerophyte shrub
Leaves:  Opposte, entire, smooth
Flowers:   White
Flowering Period:   March, April
Habitat:  Mediterranean maquis and forest
Distribution:  Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands
Chorotype, טיפוס התפוצה:  Mediterranean
Summer shedding:  Perenating
Protected Flower, צמח מוגן:  Yes

Viburnum tinus, Laurustinus, מורן החורש
Location: Lower Galilee, Manof (מנוף); Date Picture Taken: March 6,2009

H.B.Tristram (1822 - 1906), The Land of Israel, a journal of Travels in Palestine (1865): "I never saw such a mass of perfumed blossom. ...a kind of guelder-rose (Viburnum tinus); a sort of sweet-scented evergreen, like the laurustinus."