Bay Leaves

Bay Leaves

We are one of the eminent provider of Bay Leaves. The leaves that we provide are known for their quality and long-lasting aroma. These are packed in hygienic and moisture-less packing to ensure their longer shelf life.

Synonyms :

    Botanical : Cinnamomum tejpata
    French : Laurier des Indes
    German : Indisches lorbeerblatt, mutterzimt
    Greek (Old) : Malabathron
    Hindi : Tej-patta, tejpat
    Latin : Malabathrum
    Maithili : Patrak
    Marathi : Tamal patra
    Tamil :Talishapattiri, ilavangapattiri, pattai
    Urdu : Tez pat

Used plant part : Leaves. The bark may be used as an inferior substitute of cinnamon or cassia

Plant family : Lauraceae (laurel family)

Sensory quality : Strongly aromatic, somewhat reminiscent to cinnamon or cloves

Main constituents :

In the essential oil from the leaves, mostly monoterpenoides were found: Linalool (50%) is the major compound, whereas α-pinene, p-cymene, β-pinene and limonene range around 5 to 10% each. Phenylpropanoids appear only in traces: Newer work reports 1% cinnamic aldehyde and no eugenol, whereas older literature speaks of traces of both compounds

Origin : South slopes of the himalayas and the mountains of North Eastern India, extending into Burma

Etymology : The sanskrit name tamalapattra means dark leaf, although that seems poorly motivated. Greek traders took that name to their own language, but falsely identified the sanskrit word as a plural form with definite article, (to) malabathra for which they backformed a singular (to) malabathron . This name was then taken by the romans as malabathrum or malobathrum