Tropical Plant Database - Plant Details

The avocado (Persea americana) is a tree native to the Caribbean, Mexico,[1] South America and Central America, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel. The name "avocado" also refers to the fruit (technically a large berry that contains a large seed[2]) of the tree, which may be egg-shaped or spherical.

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We currently have 19 herbarium specimens for Persea americana in our collection. Click on any specimen below to view the herbarium sheet data.

• 022828 - collected by Michael Evans in 1966
• 091701 - collected by Art Whistler in 1973
• 006531 - collected by Tim Flynn in 1987
• 006532 - collected by David H. Lorence in 1987
• 006239 - collected by David H. Lorence in 1988
• 016500 - collected by Jacques Florence in 1991
• 028729 - collected by Tim Flynn in 1999
• 035710 - collected by Hank Oppenheimer in 2002
• 039412 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2003
• 039575 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2003
• 041018 - collected by Liloa Dunn in 2003
• 045998 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2006
• 050318 - collected by Hank Oppenheimer in 2008
• 062090 - collected by Hank Oppenheimer in 2008
• 072617 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2010
• Unassigned - collected by Katherine Brainard in 2017
• 076326 - collected by Katherine Brainard in 2017
• 082124 - collected by Tim Flynn in 2020
• W - collected by Tim Flynn in 2020