cyberpurrs > wrote:

>"Michael Kuettner" > wrote in message

>> "Steve Pope" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag

>>> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message

>>>> Which bay leaf? There are four different species with
>>>> greatly different properties that produce "bay leaf".

>>> Okay, I'm aware of Mediterranean bay and California bay...
>>> what are the other two (or are there four speceis among
>>> these two?)

>> Mediterranean, Californian, West-Indian and Indonesian.

>Are they all laurel?

Of the four mentioned on the Wikipedia page, three
are family _lauraceae_ (California, Mediterranean, and Indian),
and only one is genus _laurus_ (Mediterranean).

However the same page says the Indian one is "not a laurel",
while the California and Mediterranean ones are, so this
does not seem completely consistent to me.

Steve