''Machilus macranthus'', the large-flowered bay tree, is an evergreen tree in the laurel family (

Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant Family (biology), family that includes the bay laurel, true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genus (biology), genera worldwide. They are dicotyled ...

), native to India,

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, the Himalayas, Myanmar, and western

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in south-central China. 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

References

macranthus Flora of Assam (region) Flora of East Himalaya Flora of India (region) Flora of Myanmar Flora of Nepal Flora of Sri Lanka Flora of the Western Ghats Plants described in 1831 Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck {{Laurales-stub