Persea americana Mill.

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Persea americana

Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba

Persea americana

Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba

Persea americana

Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba

Persea americana

Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba

Persea americana

Photo: Bart Wursten
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba

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Synonyms:
Common names: Avocado pear (English)
Description: Tree to 15 m. Branchlets finely grey-pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole to 2 cm; lamina 11-25 × 5-10 cm, elliptic; upper surface shiny, green, lower more glaucous; apex acuminate. Panicles up to 15 cm, grey-tomentose when young, appearing with the young leaves. Perianth segments 5 mm, narrowly ovate, equal. Fruit up to 20 cm, green to purple-black when ripe.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: americana: American
Flowering time:Aug - Sep
Worldwide distribution: South America
Growth form(s): Tree.
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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Persea americana
Flora of Zimbabwe: Persea americana
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Persea americana

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Persea americana
African Plant Database: Persea americana
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Persea americana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Persea americana
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Persea americana
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Persea americana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Persea americana
JSTOR Plant Science: Persea americana
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Persea americana
Plants of the World Online: Persea americana
Tropicos: Persea americana
Wikipedia: Persea americana


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Persea americana.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/cult/species.php?species_id=123970, retrieved 29 March 2024

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