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The avocado, alligator pear or avocado pear (Persea americana) is an evergreen tree in the laurel family . It is native to the Americas and was first domesticated in Mesoamerica more than 5,000 years ago. It was prized for its large and unusually oily fruit. [3]
They are shrubs and trees, mostly deciduous, though some species (e.g. S. pteropetiolata) are evergreen; the evergreen species form a genetically distinct group and are split into a separate genus Hartia by some botanists, [5] but others retain them within Stewartia.
The wood was stored in a tree nursery and from this stock, a nephew of Rudolph Hass, Dick Stewart, [9] made keepsakes, jewelry and other gifts. [1] From 2010 to 2013, in mid-May, and starting again in September 2018, the city of La Habra Heights celebrated the Hass avocado at its Annual La Habra Heights Avocado Festival. [10] [11]
Avocado trees can take up to 10 years to produce fruit, and it can take even longer when they are grown indoors, even in ideal conditions. Just enjoy this tree for the tropical touch it brings to ...
Among the other L.A. champions in the registry of California Big Trees is the state’s largest avocado tree, in Atwater, as well as the largest Canary Island pine, in Lawndale, and the largest ...
Persea: avocado trees; Persea americana: avocado; ashue Lauraceae (laurel family) Persea borbonia: red bay Lauraceae (laurel family) 721 Persea palustris: swamp bay Lauraceae (laurel family) Sassafras: sassafras trees; Sassafras albidum: sassafras Lauraceae (laurel family) 931 Umbellularia: umbellularia trees; Umbellularia californica ...
Cabernet Sauvignon grapes in Gaillac, France. The lists of cultivars in the table below are indices of plant cultivars, varieties, and strains.A cultivar is a plant that is selected for desirable characteristics that can be maintained by propagation.
Avocados contain unsaturated fats which may be beneficial for visceral fat loss. One small study found that women who ate one avocado per day saw reductions in visceral fat, but a different study ...