She turned into a laurel tree. Peneus turned her into a laurel tree. It is recognized for its great laurel tree population. In the pageant "Daphne" escaped from the laurel tree and ran to the queen. For this reason, the leaves of the Bay laurel tree do not decay. A camphor laurel tree is located adjacent to the school. Note that the youth's head is framed by a laurel tree, representing glory. The Earth Mother took pity on her and turned Daphne into a laurel tree. He gets reincarnated into a laurel tree, Apollo's tree of victory. The oldest temple of Apollo surrounded the sacred spring and the sacred laurel tree. It shows Daphne's transformation into a laurel tree to escape Apollo in Ovid's "Metamorphoses". "Ligustrum", "Buxus", and bitter orange are some other species on Cortegada with laurel tree shape. The name's meaning may be "laurel tree", "sweet of honor", or "wisdom".