Persea americana

Agro-ecological Zone
All zones

Growth rate	Management practices	Invasiveness	Leafing Phenology	Location
Fast	Pruning, Side pruning	Competes for nutrients through its dense shallow root system. Its shade is also dense	Evergreen	Rwanda

Country	Rainfall	Temperature	Altitude	Soil
Rwanda	300-2500	unknown	0-2500	Sandy loams, Variety well drained and aerated soils

Kinyarwanda
Avoka

Family	Products	Niche	AFD Taxon	AFD Link	Ecological Services	PROTA
Lauraceae	Fruits, Firewood, Charcoal, Timber for construction, Fodder	Scattered in cropland, Scatterd in homestead, Homestead boundary/live fence	Persea americana	Link	Shade, Soil erosion control, Wind break	Link

Origin	Location
Exotic	Bugesera, Gishwati