Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Avocado

Persea americana

Spanish: Aguacate

Avocado (Persea americana)
Photographed by nicholasrocha on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA, not near La Saladita

The avocado (Persea americana) is a tree, long thought to have originated in South Central Mexico, classified as a member of the flowering plant family Lauraceae. Recent archaeological research produced evidence that the avocado was present in Peru as long as 8,000 to 15,000 years ago. Avocado (also alligator pear) refers to the tree's fruit, which is botanically a large berry containing a single large seed.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Laurales › Lauraceae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records24,538 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Avocado (Persea americana) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/persea-americana/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.