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Persea americana (avocado)

Synonyms: Laurus persea; Persea americana americana; Persea americana drymifolia; Persea americana guatemalensis; Persea americana nubigena; Persea gratissima; Persea nubigena; Persea nubigena guatemalensis; Persea persea

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Attributes

Height [1]  37 feet (11.4 m)
Width [1]  29 feet (9.1 m)
Air Quality Improvement [1]  Low
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Shade Percentage [1]  90 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Medium
Wind Reduction [1]  Medium
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 10 Low Temperature: 30 F° (-1.1 C°) → 40 F° (4.4 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Water Use [1]  Moderate
Janka Hardness [3]  990 lbf (449 kgf) Soft
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States
Carara National Park II 12983 Costa Rica  
Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve VI 921676 Ecuador  
Corcovado National Park 115845 Costa Rica  
Guanacaste National Park II 85819 Costa Rica  
Isla del Coco National Park II 382187 Costa Rica    
Pico Mogote Ecological Reserve II 3698 Cuba  
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Reserva Karen Mogensen F. Nature Reserve 1866 Costa Rica  
Rincón de la Vieja National Park II 35068 Costa Rica  
Seaflower Marine Protected Area 15125514 Colombia      
Tuabaquey - Limones Ecological Reserve II 4859 Cuba  

Predators

Abgrallaspis aguacatae[5]
Abgrallaspis cyanophylli (cyanophyllum scale)[5]
Abgrallaspis latastei[5]
Abgrallaspis perseae[5]
Accinctapubes albifasciata[6]
Acutaspis albopicta (albopicta scale)[5]
Acutaspis perseae (red bay scale)[5]
Acutaspis scutiformis[5]
Acutaspis subnigra[5]
Adhemarius gannascus[6]
Aglossa caprealis (Murky meal caterpillar)[6]
Agouti paca (Paca)[7]
Amorbia cuneanum[6]
Amorbia emigratella (Mexican Leaf-roller)[6]
Anastrepha fraterculus[8]
Anastrepha ludens (Mexican fruit fly)[8]
Anastrepha serpentina[8]
Anastrepha striata[8]
Aonidiella aurantii (California red scale)[5]
Archips machlopis[6]
Arctopoda maculosa[6]
Argyrotaenia amatana[6]
Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat)[9]
Aspidiotus destructor (coconut scale)[5]
Aspidiotus nerii (ivy scale)[10]
Atteva punctella[6]
Automeris melanops[6]
Callicebus nigrifrons (southern masked titi monkey)[11]
Caloptilia burserella[6]
Caloptilia perseae[6]
Caloptilia violacella[6]
Cerococcus badius[5]
Ceroplastes ceriferus (Indian wax scale)[5]
Ceroplastes destructor (soft wax scale)[5]
Ceroplastes pseudoceriferus (Indian wax scale)[5]
Ceroplastes reunionensis[5]
Ceroplastes rubens (pink wax scale)[5]
Ceroplastes rusci (barnacle wax scale)[5]
Ceroplastes sinensis (hard wax scale)[5]
Ceroplastes toddaliae[5]
Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (dictyospermum scale)[10]
Chrysomphalus diversicolor[5]
Cleora repetita[6]
Coccus longulus (long brown scale)[5]
Coccus moestus (moestus soft scale)[5]
Coccus viridis (green coffee scale)[5]
Copaxa decrescens[6]
Copaxa denda[6]
Copaxa denhezi[6]
Copaxa escalantei[6]
Copaxa lavendera[6]
Copaxa multifenestrata[6]
Copaxa rufinans[6]
Copaxa simson[6]
Costelytra zealandica[12]
Cricula trifenestrata (Cricula Silkmoth)[6]
Crypticerya montserratensis <Unverified Name>[5]
Cryptothelea gloverii[6]
Cryptothelea surinamensis[6]
Ctenopseustis obliquana[12]
Deuterollyta majuscula[6]
Diaspis boisduvalii (boisduval scale)[5]
Drosicha contrahens[5]
Dysmicoccus brevipes (pineapple mealybug)[5]
Dysmicoccus imparilis <Unverified Name>[5]
Dysmicoccus nesophilus[5]
Epimecis detexta[6]
Eucalymnatus tessellatus (tessellated scale)[10]
Euglyphis fibra[6]
Euglyphis ornata[6]
Euglyphis plana[6]
Euglyphis rivulosa[6]
Ferrisia malvastra (grey mealybug)[5]
Ferrisia virgata (grey mealybug)[5]
Fiorinia fioriniae (European fiorinia scale)[5]
Formicococcus lindingeri <Unverified Name>[5]
Gibbovalva quadrifasciata[6]
Gonodonta uxor[6]
Hemiberlesia lataniae (latania scale)[5]
Hemiberlesia palmae (tropical palm scale)[10]
Hemiberlesia rapax (greedy scale)[5]
Hexatricha pulverulenta[12]
Homona spargotis (Avocado leafroller)[6]
Howardia biclavis (mining scale)[5]
Hylesia continua[6]
Hypercompe indecisa[6]
Hypercompe scribonia (Giant Leopard Moth)[6]
Hysterocladia corallocera[6]
Ischnaspis longirostris (black line scale)[5]
Isotenes miserana (Orange fruitborer)[6]
Kilifia acuminata (acuminate scale)[5]
Laurencella colombiana[5]
Lopholeucaspis cockerelli (Cockerell scale)[5]
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug)[5]
Macrocepicoccus loranthi[5]
Megalopyge lanata[6]
Megalopyge urens[6]
Melanaspis deklei[5]
Melanaspis squamea[5]
Milviscutulus mangiferae (mango shield scale)[5]
Milviscutulus spiculatus[5]
Mycetaspis personata (masked scale)[10]
Naevipenna cruttwelli[6]
Neopinnaspis harperi (Harper scale)[5]
Nipaecoccus annonae[5]
Nipaecoccus jonmartini[5]
Nipaecoccus nipae (coconut mealybug)[5]
Nipaecoccus viridis (karoo thorn mealybug)[5]
Oceanaspidiotus spinosus (spinose scale)[5]
Oemona hirta[12]
Pachypasa bilinea[6]
Pachypasa sericeofasciata[6]
Papilio palamedes (Woodlands swallowtail)[6]
Papilio rutulus (Western tiger swallowtail)[6]
Papilio scamander (Swallowtail)[6]
Paracoccus marginatus[5]
Parasaissetia nigra (nigra scale)[10]
Parastictococcus gowdeyi[5]
Parlatoria proteus (common parlatoria scale)[10]
Philephedra lutea[5]
Philephedra tuberculosa[5]
Philotherma rosa[6]
Pinnaspis buxi (bamboo mussel-scale)[10]
Pinnaspis strachani (lesser snow scale)[5]
Planococcus ficus (grapevine mealybug)[5]
Planococcus minor (Pacific mealybug)[5]
Prepona demophon[6]
Prepona meander[6]
Prococcus acutissimus (banana-shaped scale)[5]
Protopulvinaria longivalvata[5]
Protopulvinaria pyriformis (pyriform scale)[5]
Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis (gingging scale)[5]
Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (false oleander scale)[5]
Pseudococcus cryptus (citriculus mealybug)[5]
Pteropus tonganus (Pacific flying fox)[13]
Pulvinaria ficus[5]
Pulvinaria mammeae (large cottony scale)[5]
Puto barberi[5]
Pyrrhopyge chalybea[6]
Rastrococcus invadens (Mango mealybug)[5]
Rothschildia orizaba[6]
Sabulodes aegrotata (omnivorous looper)[6]
Sabulodes caberata (Omnivorous looper)[6]
Saissetia coffeae (brown scale)[5]
Saissetia miranda (mexican black scale)[5]
Saissetia zanzibarensis[5]
Saurita cassandra[6]
Scolypopa australis (Passionvine planthopper)[12]
Selenaspidus articulatus (rufous scale)[10]
Sibine nesea[6]
Sorolopha phyllochlora[6]
Sorolopha semiculta[6]
Stenoma catenifer[6]
Stenoma vacans[6]
Suana concolor[6]
Synanthedon resplendens[6]
Thanatopsyche chilensis[6]
Timocratica albella[6]
Udinia catori[5]
Unaspis citri (citrus snow scale)[5]
Xyleutes punctifera[6]
Zera tetrastigma[6]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Helicotylenchus erythrinae <Unverified Name>[14]

Distribution

Caribbean; North America; Oceania;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Kartesz J., , ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 4USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 7Dieta da paca (Cuniculus paca) usando métodos indiretos numa área de cultura agrícola na Floresta Atlântica brasileira, Rodrigo Zucaratto, Renata Carrara, Brena Karina Siqueira Franco, Biotemas, 23 (1): 235-239, março de 2010 ♦ 8Norrbom, A.L. 2004. Fruit fly (Tephritidae) host plant database. Version Nov, 2004. ♦ 9Artibeus jamaicensis, Jorge Ortega and Iván Castro-Arellano, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 662, pp. 1–9 (2001) ♦ 10Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants ♦ 11Abundance, habitat use and diet of Callicebus nigrifrons Spix (Primates, Pitheciidae) in Cantareira State Park, Sa&#771;o Paulo, Brazil, Leonardo C. Trevelin; Marcio Port-Carvalho; Maurício Silveira & Eduardo Morell, Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 24 (4): 1071–1077, dezembro 2007 ♦ 12New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database ♦ 13Pteropus tonganus, Carrie A. Miller and Don E. Wilson, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 552, pp. 1-6 (1997) ♦ 14Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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