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Persea americana - Fruit - Click to enlarge!

Fruit; Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil; 02/2004 © Sonja Germer

Persea americana - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 04/2006 © Jörn Germer

Persea americana - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 04/2006 © Jörn Germer

Persea americana - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil; 02/2004 © Sonja Germer

Persea americana - Leaves - Click to enlarge!

Leaves; Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil; 02/2004 © Sonja Germer

Persea americana - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Rancho Grande, Rondonia, Brazil; 02/2004 © Sonja Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 70
Date of entry: 25.08.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Avocado

German: Avocado

Mandarin: 鳄梨 (e li)

Portuguese: Abacate

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2596)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2495)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2109)

      Order: Laurales (8)

        Family: Lauraceae (8)(family description)

          Genus: Persea (1)

            Epithet: americana Mill. (5)

americana => from America

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical, tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: green, yellow

External links

Check for Persea americana at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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