Avocado
Fast facts
- Genus
- Persea
- Species
- americana
- Conservation status
- Least concern
Scientific name
- Scientific name
- Persea americana
How to say it in other languages
- Dutch
- Avocado
- Italian
- Avocado
- Japanese
- アボカド
- Portuguese
- Abacate
- Spanish
- Aguacate
Facts from Wikipedia’s “Avocado” page and Wikispecies (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Nutrition facts: raw avocado
One serving is 1 NLEA Serving (50 g).
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per serving | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 160 kcal | 80 kcal | — |
| Protein | 2.0 g | 1.0 g | 2% |
| Total fat | 14.7 g | 7.3 g | 9% |
| Carbohydrate | 8.5 g | 4.3 g | 2% |
| Fiber | 6.7 g | 3.4 g | 12% |
| Sugars | 0.7 g | 0.3 g | — |
| Vitamin C | 10.0 mg | 5.0 mg | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 7 µg | 4 µg | — |
| Calcium | 12 mg | 6 mg | — |
| Iron | 0.6 mg | 0.3 mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 485 mg | 242 mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 7 mg | 4 mg | — |
One serving has about 12% of the Daily Value for fiber.
Data: USDA FoodData Central (public domain, CC0) — “Avocados, raw, all commercial varieties”. Percent Daily Values use the FDA’s reference amounts for labels.
The term avocado refers to a type of berry. It has medium dark green or dark green bumpy or smooth skin depending on the variety. The flesh of an avocado is deep chartreuse green in color near the skin and pale chartreuse green near the core. It has a creamy, rich texture. The word, Avocado came from an Aztec word meaning testicle. Avocado trees come from Central America and Mexico. They can grow in many places, as long as it is not too cold.
Avocados have much more fat than most of the other fruits, but its fat is healthy to eat (monounsaturated fat). Avocados have lots of potassium, B vitamins, and vitamin E and K. The Mexican food called guacamole is made of avocados. Many other foods are also made from avocado. Avocado is poisonous to some animals. Many animals will get very sick or die if they eat avocado. Avocado grows there where the climate is a little windy.
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