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The avocado is a pear-shaped, edible fruit that grows on a tree. It has a greenish black leathery outer skin, a soft light-green inner fruit, and a single large seed. The outer layer is easily peeled from the fruit and in most varieties turns from a green color to greenish black as it ripens.

 

The '''avocado''' is a pear-shaped, edible fruit that grows on a tree. It has a greenish black leathery outer skin, a soft light-green inner fruit, and a single large seed. The outer layer is easily peeled from the fruit and in most varieties turns from a green color to greenish black as it ripens.

The tropical American avocado tree (Persea americana) originated in [[Mexico]], sometime between 7,000 and 5,000 B.C. Cultivation of wild avocados began around 750 B.C. <ref> http://www.avocado.org/ </ref>

The tropical American avocado tree (Persea americana) originated in [[Mexico]], sometime between 7,000 and 5,000 B.C. Cultivation of wild avocados began around 750 B.C. <ref> http://www.avocado.org/ </ref>