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Persea caerulea
Persea caerulea is a Central and South American evergreen tree in the laurel family, a wild relative of the avocado. It is grown mainly for shade, timber and local fruit rather than as a commercial crop, and needs a warm, humid tropical climate.
Persea caerulea is a species of evergreen tree in the laurel family, Lauraceae. It is native to tropical Central and South America, ranging from El Salvador and Honduras through Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama to Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Avocado · Tamala borbonia · Persea brenesii · Persea brevipetiolata · Persea bullata · Persea campii · Persea conferta · Persea glabra · Madeira Mahogany · Persea julianae · Persea liebmannii · Persea lingue
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Persea caerulea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
