#1805 most planted
Persea indica
Canary avocado
Evergreen
18
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
2
cities
9.0 in
median trunk (23 cm, 17 measured)
29 yr
median age (39% have a planting date)
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Persea indica is a large, evergreen tree native to the Canary Islands and Madeira. It thrives in humid laurel forests and is threatened by habitat loss. It is widely planted in Florida and Southern California.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 150.01%—10 in
- 30.00%—6.0 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 10–40 ft
- Canopy spread
- 0–20 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Dec
Trunk diameters across every city: median 9.0 in, mean 9.8 in, 90th percentile 17 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Madeira evergreen forests
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests
Other Persea in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
