Persea americana
Avocado Alligator Pear
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| Deutsch | Avocado | |
| English | Avocado Alligator Pear | |
| Français | Avocatier | |
| Italiano | Avocado | |
| Suomi | Avocado | |
| Norsk | Avocado | |
| Čeština | Avocado | |
| Español | Aguacate. | |
| Svenska | Avocado | |
| Polski | Avocado | |
| Український | Avocado | |
| Român | Avocado | |
| Русский | Avocado | |
| Български | Avocado | |
| EESTI | Avocado | |
| 日本語 | Avocado | |
| Other names | Aguacate |
Origin
| States and Territories | Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Caldas, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Guatemala; El Salvador; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]; Haiti [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Honduras; Belize; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Isla del Coco; Panama; El Salvador; Galapagos; Jamaica; Cuba; Peru; Bolivia [c]; Ecuador; Bahamas [I]; Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Venezuela [I]; Isla Margarita [I]; Antigua [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Argentina [I]; Chagos Arch. [I] (Diego Garcia [I]); Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Niue [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Moorea [I], Huahine [I], Raiatea [I]); Tonga [I]; Tuamotu Arch. [I] (Makatea Isl. [I]); Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I] (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Austral Isl. [I] (Tubuai [I]); Rotuma Isl. [I]; Mauritius [I] (incl. Tromelin Isl. [I]); La Réunion [I]; Rodrigues [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Myanmar [I]; Nepal [I]; India [I]; Laos [I]; Vietnam [I]; Java [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Fiji [I]; New Zealand; China [I] (Fujian [I], Guangdong [I], Hainan [I], Sichuan [I], Yunnan [I]); Taiwan [I]; Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Philippines [I]; USA [I] (Florida [I]); Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Central African Republic [I]; Cameroon [c]; Annobon Isl. [I]; São Tomé [I]; Principe Isl. [I]; Sudan [I]; South Sudan [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Congo [Brazzaville] [I]; Benin [I]; Guinea [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I] | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
| [c] = Commercially cultivated | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Laurales | |||
| Family | Lauraceae | |||
| Genus | Persea | |||
| Species | americana | |||
| Author citation | Mill. | |||
| Scientific name | Persea americana Mill. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC | |||
Appearances
Wood
Hough
Bark
, Bark, (PAL) ©Hansueli Schmid ,
, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
, Label, (PAL) ©Hansueli Schmid ,
Leaves
, Leaves2, (PAL) ©Hansueli Schmid ,
, Leaves, (PAL) ©Hansueli Schmid ,
, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson
Seed
, Seeds , ©Dennis Wilson
Tree
, Crown, (PAL) ©Hansueli Schmid ,
Branch
, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson
Flowers
, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson