Persea macrantha
| Large-Flowered Bay Tree | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Persea |
| Species: | P. macrantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Persea macrantha (Nees) Kosterm. | |
The Large-Flowered Bay Tree,[1] (Persea macrantha), is a species of plant in the Lauraceae family. It is native to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka. The plant is a about 30m tall tree. 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 where it become blackish with ripening.[3]
The plant is known to have medicinal properties and used in Ayurveda.[4]
Common Names
- Kannada - chittu thandri, gulamaavu, gulimaavu
- Malayalam - kulamavu, ooravu
- Marathi - gulaamba
- Tamil - iruli, kolamavu, kolarmavu
- Telugu - naara
References
- Pharmacognostical studies on Persea macrantha
- Effect of Persea macrantha against acute inflammation
- Antibacterial and radical scavenging activity of leaf and bark of Persea macrantha
- Structure of an arabinoxylan from the bark of Persea macrantha
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