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Avocado Fruit

The avocado scientific name is Persea Americana from family Lauraceae. It is native to Central America. It is sometimes known as the avocado pear or alligator pear. The fruit is oval or near round with 7 to 30 cm long and diameter up to 14cm. The fruit skin might valid from dark green to yellowish green. The flesh is pale to yellow, buttery and bland flavor. The young fresh is hard and turn to a buttery texture while mature. Inside flesh, there is a single seed with round or ovoid shape. Fruits vary in size, shape, colour, smoothness or roughness of the skin, flesh thickness and flesh quality. The fruit is nourish with vitamin , potassium and provide a number of ailment to people. The avocado oil is second to olives among fruit. The scientific have shown the avocado oil can relieve blood cholesterol.


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1. Benefits of Avocado
The fruit are combined protein, fat of butter, minerals and vitamins. The nutrition fact as below.
 

Nutritional Value per 100g

 

polyunsaturated 1.82 g
Carbohydrates 8.53 g

Thiamine (Vit. B1) 0.067 mg
Sugars 0.66 g
Dietary fiber 6.7 g

Phosphorus 52 mg
Potassium 485 mg
Zinc 0.64 mg
Fat 14.66 g
saturated 2.13 g
monounsaturated 9.80 g
Protein 2 g
Vitamin B6 0.257 mg
Folate (Vit. B9) 81 µg
Vitamin C 10 mg
Calcium 12 mg
Iron 0.55 mg
Magnesium 29 mg



2. Avocado Tree and Avocado Varieties
-The tree can grow to 22 meters with leaves 10 to 25 cmlong. Normally the flower is in greenish yellow.

 


3. Avocado Product/Recipes

-Avocado oil
-Avocado Skin care product
-Avocado Paste Sandwich

 

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