Persea americana Calflora

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Taxon Report

Persea americana Mill.

Avocado

2018 Ron Vanderhoff

2005 Joseph Dougherty/ecology.org

Persea americana is a tree that is not native to California.

Pests and Pathogens from Calinvasives


	Plant Range Observation Search ~29 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Persea
Family:	Lauraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: magnoliid

Toxicity: Do not eat the leaf, stem or seed of this plant.

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Information about Persea americana from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (PEAM3) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).