Persea americana Mill.

English: Avocado

German: Avocado

Mandarin: 鳄梨 (e li)

Portuguese: Abacate

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Laurales (9)

        Family: Lauraceae (9)(family description)

          Genus: Persea (1)

            Epithet: americana Mill. (5)

americana => from America

Climate: sub-tropical, tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: green, yellow

Check for Persea americana at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [151] Avocado fruit facts
• [330] Persea americana - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER)
• [1215] Persea - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
• [1398] Persea americana - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.