Persea
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Lauraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Description - Leaves alternate, coriaceous, persistent, entire. Calyx 6-parted, persistent. Stamens 12, in 4 series of 3, the inner series reduced to gland-like staminodia, the 3 other series anther-bearing, their anthers 4-celled, 4-valved, those of the third series extrorse and the others introrse in our species. Staminodia large, cordate, stalked. Fruit a berry. [Ancient name of some oriental tree.] About 50 species, natives of America. Type species: Persea gratissima Gaertn.