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Persea schiedeana
Also called Coyo avocado
Coyo (Persea schiedeana) is an evergreen tree in the laurel family, native to tropical forests from Mexico to Colombia, grown for its avocado-like fruit and as rootstock for common avocado. It is endangered in the wild, so it is best grown from seed or grafted stock in warm, frost-free conditions.
Persea schiedeana, the coyo, is an endangered, evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae), native to tropical forests of northeastern and southern Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. Its edible fruit resembles that of the avocado (Persea americana), a related tree in the genus Persea. Other common names include aguacate de montaña, aguacatón, chinini, chupte and yas.
Coyo is native to eastern and southern Mexico, parts of Central America, and Colombia. It occurs at elevations up to 2800 meters in lowlands and montane tropical forests. It is cultivated for fruit and used as graft stock for common avocado.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Persea schiedeana 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.
