Persea americana Mill.

TRUMAN 6. YtWCKER HERBARftflt
OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (DPU)
PURCHASED BY NY IN 1SS7
Persea americana (Linnaeus) Miller, Card. Diet., ed. 8,1708.
Medium to large tree. Leaves alternate, entire, mostly 10 or more cm. long, elliptic,
oval, or sometimes obovate, pubescent beneath, veins prominent, somewhat coriaceous acute,
petioles up to 5 cm. long. Flowers small, greenish, short-pedicellate in terminal, paniculate
clusters. Drupe fleshy, 5 or more cm. long, subglobose to pear-shaped, seed single, large,
round.
Introduced and'sparingly planted about dwellings (10087). The trees are
apparently all seedlings and produce an inferior grade of fruit which, however,
is much relished by the natives. English name, avocado; native name, avoka.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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DEPAUW UNIV.
HERBARIUM.
HERBARIUM	2G845
T. G. YUNCKEft
Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernice P. Blabop Museum
10087
Per sea americana Mill.
©ultivated tree, Alofi. 20 m. alt,
Feb. 6, 1940.
‘avoka1 or * pat a*
Cou. T. Q. Yuncker
dm. Marie Neal
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