Fruit oval. It has a rough skin, thick and quite shiny green or black, although the tone and texture varies depending on the variety. The pulp is creamy and compact, yellowish-white. Inside is a large brown seed. The avocado weighs between 200 and 400 grams.

Family: Tropical Fruit

Scientific Family: Lauraceae

Varieties: Bacon, Fuerte, Hass

Nutritional value: 207 calories per 100 grams

Grams per serving: 150 to 200 grams

Properties / Benefits: The avocado has a high caloric content (due to the large amount of fats and oils that are in the flesh) and the body provides vitamins A, B, D and E. It is a low-sugar fruit, but no fruit beyond the level of protein. It is also rich in minerals such as potassium, sodium, phosphorus and chlorine, in addition to having a good level of iron and copper. The high nutritive value added to unsaturated fatty acids that are prevalent in their composition means that the avocado is very suitable for food, especially the children. It is also indicated in the growth, convalescence, pregnancy, and nervousness in various gastric disorders, intestinal and hepatobiliary. This fruit has the property of balancing the nervous system and increase urinary acidity. As the iodine value in the avocado oil is very high, the lower the presence of saturated fatty acids, which is achieved to minimize the contribution of cholesterol.

Seasonality: From September to June (outdoor)

Production Regions: Currently, there are large plantations in five continents, being the major producers Mexico, United States (California and Florida), Santo Domingo, Brazil, Indonesia, South Africa, Israel and Spain (Granada, Malaga, Santa Cruz Tenerife, Las Palmas, Cadiz).

Tree Name: Avocados

Trivia: The avocado is of American origin (southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America), where it is believed that it was cultivated before the arrival of the Spaniards. These, together with the Portuguese, eventually of 'extend to as the New World home. Its name comes from the Aztec-ahuacatl-and refers to the shape of testes. It was named in connection with this result which has aphrodisiac properties due to vitamin E, vitamin for reproduction. With ripe avocados can be extracted from an oil similar to oil, used for pharmaceutical and cosmetics. Likewise, a soap is manufactured in America with oil extracted from the pulp.

Preparation and consumption: The avocado is consumed mainly as fresh fruit, salads, sauces, soups, soups with spoon after starting them and salt them, or as butter toast with sugar. You can also make excellent desserts by mixing the pulp of the avocado pulp with equal quantity of banana and some honey to form a smooth paste. This fruit was opened just before eating it because the flesh turns black quickly, but this can be avoided throwing lemon juice immediately after cutting it. It is known worldwide that the sauce is made with avocado or guacamole guacamol called.