Persea americana

Family	Products	Niche	AFD Taxon	AFD Link	Ecological Services	PROTA
Lauraceae	Income, Fruits, Fodder	Scattered on crop land, Scattered in homestead, Homestead boundary/live fence	Persea americana	Link	Shade, Wind break	Link

Agro-ecological Zone
Moist and Wet Kolla and Weyna Dega

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	Ethiopia

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

Amharic	Oromo
Avocado	Avocado

Origin	Location
Exotic	East Shewa, West Shewa and East Wollega