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Persea americana Mill.
Alligator pear, Avocado pear

Persea americana
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Family: Lauraceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Tree

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Native Range: Mexico and Central America; widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

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Other data on Persea americana available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

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Persea americana
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Persea americana
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Persea americana
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr