Persea americana

Persea americana P. Mill. Engl.: avocado, alligator pear, avocado pear, midshipman's butter, vegetable marrow, West Indian avocado. Deu.: Avocado. Suom.: avokado. Sven.: avokado. Fran.: avocatier. Jap.: abokado. Span.: aguacate, aguacate olorosa, palto. Bot. syn.: Laurus persea L., Persea drymifolia Schltdl. & Cham., Persea gratissima Gaertner f., Persea persea (L.) Cockerell.

Persea gratissima.

Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.

Uses of avocado leaf.

Archives: Best of the Herbal Forums: 02.1994.

Photo: Persea americana.

Photo: Persea americana. Branch in fruit. Guacamole, yum! Rio de Janeiro bot.g., Brazil. Planted. 2001-02-13.

Photo: Persea americana 1.

Photo: Persea americana 1. Largish tree in fruit. Rio de Janeiro bot.g., Brazil. Planted. 2001-02-13.