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Each value Trefle shows for Persea americana, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced8 Source not recorded8 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Mill.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Gard. Dict. ed. 8: s.p. (1768)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1768	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Avocado	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	C. Mexico to Costa Rica	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	910 cm	910 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 31 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 60, 214, 251, 460, 668, 699, 732, 873	Sourced
Biological type	empty	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Flower color	yellow, green	green, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 668, 882	Sourced
Fruit color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Fruit shape	drupe	drupe · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Tree	Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Maximum height	1750 cm	1750 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 60, 214, 251, 460, 668, 699, 732, 873	Sourced
Vegetable	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Fruit months	empty	apr, may, jun, jul, aug · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 445	Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	22.8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 398, 412, 965, 981	Not on the record

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Avocado

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