Persea americana or avocado pear in situ on the tree.
The avocado (Persea americana) is a tree native to Central Mexico. Classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel. Avocado or alligator pear also refers to the fruit, botanically a large berry, that contains a single seed of the tree. Avocados are commercially valuable and are cultivated in tropical and Mediterranean climates throughout the world. They have a green-skinned, fleshy body that may be pear-shaped, egg-shaped, or spherical, and ripens after harvesting. Trees are partially self-pollinating and often are propagated through grafting to maintain a predictable quality and quantity of the fruit.
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Location: Andalucia, Spain
Photo credit: © Andy J Hollingbery / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: alligator, americana, avocado, edible, fruit, lauraceae, leaf, pear, persea, tree
