id: 130
name: Avocado
flavor_bible_name_variants: avocado,avocadoes,avocados,oil avocado
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status: draft
source: foodb,flavor_bible
food_db_name: Avocado
flavor_db_name_variants: avocado
name_scientific: Persea americana
description: The avocado (Persea americana) is a tree native to Central Mexico, 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) of the tree. 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, it ripens after harvesting. Trees are partially self-pollinating and often are propagated through grafting to maintain a predictable quality and quantity of the fruit.
itis_id: 18154
wikipedia_id: Avocado
picture_file_name: 130.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 244707
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:33:26.000Z
legacy_id: 137
food_group: Vegetables
food_subgroup: Fruit vegetables
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:22.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:16.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3435
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00130