Avocado

Avocado Temporal range: 15–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle Miocene – Recent
Avocado fruit and foliage, Réunion island
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Lauraceae
Genus:	Persea
Species:	P. americana
Binomial name
Persea americana Mill.
Synonyms
Laurus persea L. Persea americana var. angustifolia Miranda Persea americana var. drymifolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) S.F.Blake Persea americana var. nubigena (L.O.Williams) L.E.Kopp Persea drymifolia Cham. & Schltdl. Persea edulis Raf. Persea floccosa Mez Persea gigantea L.O.Williams Persea gratissima C.F.Gaertn. Persea gratissima var. drimyfolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) Mez Persea gratissima var. macrophylla Meisn. Persea gratissima var. oblonga Meisn. Persea gratissima var. praecox Nees Persea gratissima var. vulgaris Meisn. Persea leiogyna Blake Persea nubigena L.O.Williams Persea nubigena var. guatemalensis L.O.Williams Persea paucitriplinervia Lundell Persea persea (L.) Cockerell Persea steyermarkii C.K.Allen

The avocado is a green-skinned fruit with edible, fatty flesh surrounding a single pit.

Edible products

• Fruit flesh
• Leaves - "light hazelnut-anise or licorice flavor"

Acknowledgements

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