Persea americana
Persea americana (binomen a Philippo Miller anno 1768 statutum) est planta florens in Mexico et Media America orta, quae ad familiam Lauracearum pertinet. Fructus est esculentus et adhibitus est in guacamole parando.
Semina huius speciei reperta sunt in locis archaeologicis Mexicanis Coxcatlán , El Riego , Purrón , unde domesticationem hac regione anno circiter 6 500 a.C.n. inceptam censetur.[1]
Fructus Perseae americanae
Fontes anteriores
Eruditio recentior
Fruit-bearing Forest Trees: technical notes . (FAO Forestry Paper , 34.) Romae: Food and Agriculture Organization, 1982. Textus
Sophie D. Coe, America's First Cuisines (Austinopoli: University of Texas Press, 1994) pp. 44-46
C. Earle Smith, "Archeological evidence for selection in avocado" in Economic Botany vol. 20 (1966) pp. 169–175 Epitome