Avocado🌿

An evergreen tree in the laurel family and its fruit. The Japanese name is 'Wani-nashi' (crocodile pear). The fruit is high in fat and nutritious, earning it the nickname 'butter of the forest'. Native to Central America; now cultivated worldwide, especially in Mexico.

Identification Points

• ✓Evergreen tree with glossy, leathery, oblong leaves
• ✓Pear-shaped fruit with green-to-purplish-black skin and a single large seed
• ✓Small pale-green flowers in large numbers

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