Avocado
ಆವಕಾಡೊरूचिराவெண்ணெய் பழம்
Persea americana Mill.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 14 m
- wide
- 7.6 m
Lauraceae
Also called Avocado pear, Alligator pear, אבוקדו
Formerly Laurus persea, Persea drimyfolia, Persea floccosa, Persea gigantea, and 8 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. Mexico to Costa RicaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 9.1 m to 18 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 6.1 m to 9.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Cream, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Aguacate, ahuacate, palta
- root
- basholobó, cakuta, cic on
- Indonesian
- Alpukat
- German
- Avocado, Avocadobirne, Alligatorbirne
- Portuguese
- Abacate, Pêra-abacate, Abacateiro
- Chinese
- 酪梨, 鰐梨, 樟梨
- Dutch
- Avocado, Advocaatpeer, Avocadopeer
- Danish
- avacado
- French
- Avocatier, avocatier
- Chinese (China)
- 鳄梨, 牛油果, 酪梨
- Finnish
- hedelmäavokado, avokado
- Russian
- Авокадо, Персея американская
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-28, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Persea americana (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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