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Persea americana
Avocado
As recorded: Persea americana Mill.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Laurales › Lauraceae
- Collected by
- Fosberg, F.R.
- Collector number
- 10589
- Date
- January 24, 1934
- Locality
- Honolulu, University Avenue; Garden of D.L. Crawford
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Staples, G.W.Derral R. Herbst →George W. Staples III →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Persea americana observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1934. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 492 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-20.
2026-10-20
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Victoria Rieger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-26
Wailuku River State Park, Hilo, HI, US
(c) yeahtoadally, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-07
Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) Jakub Gluszek, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-03
Princeville, HI, US
(c) Marc AuMarc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-03
Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) Jakub Gluszek, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-27
Nāpau Trail, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) atcgnyc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Persea americana. BISH 54373. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956373246. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/54373.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956373246 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026