The avocado is an evergreen tree native to the Americas, prized for its large, oily fruit, botanically a single-seeded berry. Its native range runs from Mexico to Peru, and archaeological evidence shows early human use across Central and South America dating back thousands of years. Mexico is the leading modern producer, supplying 25 percent of the 2024 world harvest of 11.2 million tonnes. The fruit of domestic varieties has smooth, buttery, golden-green flesh when ripe, and depending on the cultivar the skin may be green, brown, purplish or black.
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The oldest known avocado remains were discovered at Huaca Prieta, a preceramic site on the northern coast of Peru, where humans were consuming avocados as early as 10,500 years ago.
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The avocado, alligator pear or avocado pear (Persea americana) is an evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae).
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(Persea americana)
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The avocado, alligator pear or avocado pear (Persea americana) is an evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae).
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Domestication is traditionally believed to have originated in the Tehuacan Valley in the state of Puebla, Mexico.
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In 2024, Mexico was the world's leading producer of avocados, supplying 25% of the global harvest of 11.2 million tonnes.
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The fruit of domestic varieties have smooth, buttery, golden-green flesh when ripe. Depending on the cultivar, avocados have green, brown, purplish, or black skin, and may be pear-shaped, egg-shaped, or spherical.
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Avocados are currently cultivated in the tropical and Mediterranean climates of many countries.
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It is an especially important pest of bananas, and it can be found on coconut, avocado, coffee, sugarcane, other grasses, and ornamentals.
Rosellinia necatrix (Wikipedia)
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Rosellinia necatrix is a fungal plant pathogen infecting several hosts including apples, apricots, avocados, cassava, strawberries, pears, hop. citruses and Narcissus, causing white root rot.
Phytophthora cinnamomi (Wikipedia)
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It affects a range of economic plants, including food crops such as avocado and pineapple; as well as trees and woody ornamentals such as Fraser firs, shortleaf pines, loblolly pines, azaleas, camellia and boxwood, causing root rot, dieback and death of infected plants.
Avocado sunblotch viroid (Wikipedia)
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Avocado sunblotch viroid (ASBV, Avsunviroid albamaculaperseae) is a disease affecting avocado trees.
Phomopsis perseae (Wikipedia)
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Phomopsis perseae is a fungal plant pathogen affecting avocados.
Tubercularia lateritia (Wikipedia)
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Tubercularia lateritia is a fungal saprobe or plant pathogen that sometimes infects avocados and macadamia trees.
Pestalotiopsis adusta (Wikipedia)
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Pestalotiopsis adusta is a fungal plant pathogen infecting tea and avocados.
Rosellinia bunodes (Wikipedia)
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is a plant pathogen infecting several hosts including avocados, bananas, cacao and tea
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