''Persea macrantha'', the large-flowered bay tree, is an evergreen tree in the laurel family (

Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant family that includes the true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genera worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ). They are dicotyledons, and occur ma ...

), native to southwestern India and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. The tree grows in the Western Ghats mountain range of India, and can reach . 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. Flowers show terminal panicle inflorescence. Fruit is a berry which becomes blackish on ripening. The plant is known to have medicinal properties and used in Ayurveda.Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants Persea macrantha
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Common names

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

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macrantha Flora of India (region) Flora of Sri Lanka {{Laurales-stub