This is a great upload. Tanay On 13 February 2012 04:36, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Complete set of Pics Raman Ji > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:24 PM, raman <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The *avocado* (*Persea americana*) is a >> tree<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree>native to Central Mexico, >> [1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persea_americana#cite_note-0>classified in >> the flowering >> plant <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant> family >> Lauraceae<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauraceae>along with >> cinnamon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon>, >> camphor<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamomum_camphora>and bay >> laurel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_laurel>. *Avocado* or *alligator >> pear* also refers to the fruit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit> ( >> botanically <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botany> a large >> berry<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry>that contains a single seed >> [2] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persea_americana#cite_note-1>) of the >> tree, which may be pear-shaped, egg-shaped or spherical. >> >> Avocados are commercially valuable and are cultivated in tropical and >> Mediterranean climates throughout the world. They have a green-skinned, >> pear-shaped fleshy body that ripens after harvesting. Trees are partially >> self-pollinating <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-pollination> and >> often are propagated <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_propagation>through >> grafting <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafting> to maintain a >> predictable quality and quantity of the fruit. >> >> >> Raman >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- *Tanay Bose* Research & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* UBC Botany , Berbee Lab <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html> UBC Botany, People <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html> EfloraofIndia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/>
