Persea americana var. drymifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) S.F.Blake

• Authority

  Popenoe, Wilson. 1924. Economic fruit-bearing plants of Ecuador. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-ix, 101-134. pl. 34-49.

• Family

  Lauraceae

• Scientific Name

  Persea americana var. drymifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) S.F.Blake

• Description

  Description - [No description provided.]

• Discussion

  This variety, the Mexican avocado of North American horticulturists, is distinguished from the West Indian or lowland avocado (P. americana) by the aniselike odor which the leaves give off when crushed, and by the thin membranous skin of the fruit. Most of the seedlings cultivated in the Ecuadorian highlands are inferior in quality. Those of Ambato and the Patate Valley are mostly small-fruited, as also those of the Guaillabamba Valley, which supplies the Quito markets with avocados. In the Chota Valley, contributing to the Ibarra market, there are some unusually choice forms of this avocado, some of the fruits weighing as much as a half a kilogram and being of excellent quality, with small seeds.

• Common Names

  aguacate