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Persea macrantha

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Large-flowered bay tree
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Persea
Species:
P. macrantha
Binomial name
Persea macrantha
(Nees) Kosterm.

Persea macrantha, the large-flowered bay tree,[1] is an evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae), native to southwestern India and Sri Lanka.

The tree grows in the Western Ghats mountain range of India, and can reach 30 m (98 ft). Leaves are simple, alternate, spiral; lamina obovate or elliptic to elliptic-oblong; apex rounded or acuminate or acute; base acute to rounded with entire margin.[2] Flowers show terminal panicle inflorescence. Fruit is a berry which becomes blackish on ripening.[3]

The plant is known to have medicinal properties and used in Ayurveda.[4][unreliable source?]

Common names

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  • Kannada - chittu thandri, gulamaavu, gulimaavu
  • Malayalam - kulamavu, ooravu
  • Marathi - gulaamba
  • Tamil - iruli, kolamavu, kolarmavu
  • Telugu - naara

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