Persea

Persea or Canary Avocado Tree is a relict species encountered in humid spots in the laurel forest of the Canaries. Its closest relative is the real Avocado (Persea grata) from South America.

Persea
Family: Lauraceae.
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Genus Persea
Shrubs to medium-sized trees , evergreen . Bark reddish brown, thin, fissured . Leaves alternate, aromatic . Leaf blade pinnately veined; surfaces pubescent , especially abaxially, becoming glabrescent with age; domatia absent.

Persea americana. AVOCADO. Tropical America
LAURACEAE (Laurel family)
As one approaches the Inner Quad from Serra Mall, there is a shady grove left of Memorial Court with a grove of noble avocado trees known to generations of alumni.

Persea sp. is an evergreen tree that will reach 60 feet in nature. The plant in the greenhouse is 6 feet tall with a spread of 8 feet at 9 years old. With selective pruning and pot size the plant's size is easily controlled.

redbay Lauraceae Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. symbol: PEBO
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Persea are evergreen shrubs and trees with pear-shaped fruits with smooth edible flesh.
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#80 Persea borbonia
Common Names: red bay
Family: Lauraceae (laurel Family)
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Persea americana
"How do I successfully grow an avocado plant from a pit? I often receive a tall, leafy plant while the pit is still in water. Life continues for awhile after I pot it in dirt.

Persea americana
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Persea americana, Persea gratissima
Family: Lauraceae
Avocado, Alligator Pear, Aguacate, Abacate ...

Persea species
Lauraceae
Common Name: Avocado, Alligator Pear (English); Aguacate, Palta (Spanish) ...

Persea borbonia var. borbonia is found in coastal states from North Carolina to Texas (Kartesz, 1999).
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Persea borbonia ( Red Bay )
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Redbay (Persea)
Redleaf Loropetalum (Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum)
Rosemary (Rosmarinus) ...

Redbay (Persea borbonia)
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Host for palamedes swallowtail butterfly
Vines
Trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) ...

Synonymy: Perseaceae Horaninow
The family may be recognised by its aromatic smell, ...

Aguacate - Persea americana
Aguano - Swietenia mahagoni
Aguaturma - Helianthus tuberosus
Aguavilla - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Aguileña - Aquilegia vulgaris
Aguja de Nuestra Señora - Erodium moschatum
Aguja de pastor - Erodium cicutarium ...

avocado Persea americana
baby's breath Gypsophila paniculata
Bahia grass Paspalum notatum
balloon cottonbush Gomphocarpus physocarpa
balloon-vine; heart pea; winter cherry Cardiospermum halicacabum
balsam poplar; balm of Gilead Populus balsamifera ...

(ä´vkä´do, v´-), tropical American broad-leaved evergreen tree of the genus Persea of the family Lauraceae ( family). The fruit, called avocado, alligator pear, or, in Spanish, aguacate, has a high oil content.

The canonical substitute for pepper leaves that is widely used even in México are avocado leaves, but only Mexican avocado types (Persea drimyÂfolia ) have scented foliage; avocados from other regions are mostly Persea americana with insipid leaves.

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Cinnamomum, Cinnamon etc.
Laurus, Bay Laurel etc.
Persea, Avocado etc.
Magnoliaceae (Magnolia family) ...

Lindera benzoin (Northern Spicebush, Benjamin Bush)
Lindera obtusiloba (Japanese Spice Tree)
Persea americana (Avocado)
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Umbellularia californica (California Laurel, Oregon Myrtle) ...

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