Persea punctata
Avocado Pear
Persea americana
Mill. Species
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- Botanical name
- Persea americana
- Also known as
- Avocado, Avocado Pear, Pear Tree
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Persea
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Avocado Pear
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Persea americana but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Laurus indica
Laurus persea
Persea americana var. americana
Persea americana var. angustifolia
Persea americana var. aztec
Persea americana var. drimyfolia
Persea americana var. floccosa
Persea americana var. guatemalensis
Persea americana var. leiogyna
Persea americana var. nubigena
Persea americana var. steyermarkii
Persea americana var. tolimanensis
Persea americana var. toltec
Persea americana var. zentmyeri
Persea drimyfolia
Persea edulis
Persea floccosa
Persea gigantea
Persea gratissima
Persea gratissima var. drimyfolia
Persea gratissima var. macrophylla
Persea gratissima var. melanocarpa
Persea gratissima var. oblonga
Persea gratissima var. praecox
Persea gratissima var. vulgaris
Persea leiogyna
Persea macrocarpa
Persea nubigena
Persea nubigena var. guatemalensis
Persea paucitriplinervia
Persea persea
Persea praecox
Persea steyermarkii
Persea sylvestris
Persea tolimanensis
Persea zentmyeri
Others in Persea
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