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Persea americana means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Persea americana Mill. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Laurus persea L., Persea americana var. angustifolia Miranda, Persea americana var. drymifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) S.F. Blake, Persea americana var. leiogyna (Blake) Kelsey & Dayton, Persea americana var. nubigena (L.O. Williams) L.E. Kopp, Persea drymifolia Schltdl. & Cham., Persea edulis Raf., nom. illeg. superfl ., Persea floccosa Mez, Persea gigantea L.O. Williams, Persea gratissima Gaertn., Persea gratissima var. drimyfolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) Mez, Persea gratissima var. macrophylla Meisn., Persea gratissima var. oblonga Meisn., Persea gratissima var. praecox Nees, Persea gratissima var. vulgaris Meisn., Persea leiogyna Blake, Persea nubigena L.O. Williams, Persea paucitriplinervia Lundell, Persea persea (L.) Cockerell, nom. inval., tautonym, Persea steyermarkii C.K. Allen.

References regarding Persea americana Mill. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1768)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1807)
· Linnaea (1831)
· Systema Laurinarum (1836)
· Sylva Telluriana (1838)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1864)
· Jahrbuch des Königlichen Botanischen Gartens und des Botanischen Museums zu Berlin (1889)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1892)
· Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences (1920)
· Standard, Pl. Names, Ed. 2 (1942)
· Calif. Avocado Soc. Yearbook (1944)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1945)
· Anales del instituto de biología de la universidad nacional de México (1946)
· Ceiba (1950)
· Ceiba (1953)
· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (1966)
· Wrightia (1975)
· Listados Florísticos de México (1983)
· Poisonous Plants of California. (1986)
· Novon (2002)
· Ceiba (2003)
· Biodiversidad del estado de Tabasco (2005)
· Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (2006)

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