Persea macrantha

Large-Flowered Bay Tree
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]

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