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Faculties and Departments => Allied Health Science => Life Science => Topic started by: Asif.Hossain on November 11, 2013, 09:53:50 AM

Title: Persea americana
Post by: Asif.Hossain on November 11, 2013, 09:53:50 AM
Common name: Avhacodho
Botanical name:P. americana
Family: Lauraceae
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The avocado (Persea americana) is a tree native to Mexico and Central America,classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel. Avocado or alligator pear also refers to the fruit, botanically a large berry that contains a single seed.

Avocados are commercially valuable and are cultivated in tropical and Mediterranean climates throughout the world. They have a green-skinned, fleshy body that may be pear-shaped, egg-shaped, or spherical. Commercially, they ripen after harvesting. Trees are partially self-pollinating and often are propagated through grafting to maintain a predictable quality and quantity of the fruit.