Persea indica

Short description: Species of tree

Persea indica

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Magnoliids
Order:  | Laurales
Family:  | Lauraceae
Genus:  | Persea
Species:  |

P. indica

Binomial name
Persea indica

(L.) Spreng.

Persea indica is a large, evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae), native to humid uplands on Madeira and the Canary Islands in the North Atlantic.[1] It belongs to the genus Persea, a group of evergreen trees including the avocado. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It has been introduced to a number of islands in the nearby Azores.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Overview
* 2 Fossil record
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Overview

Fossil evidence indicates that genus Persea originated in West Africa during the Paleocene, and spread to Asia, South America, Europe and North America. It is thought that the gradual drying of Africa, west Asia, and the Mediterranean from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene, and the glaciation of Europe during the Pleistocene, caused the extinction of the genus across these regions, resulting in the present distribution. Genus Persea disappeared from increasingly xerophytic Africa, starting with the formation of the Benguela Current. It is extinct in Africa, save for P. indica, which survives in the cloud forests of the Canary Islands.

* Fruits

* Seeds

* Shoot

## Fossil record

Fossils of Persea indica have been described from the fossil flora of Kızılcahamam district in Turkey, which is of early Pliocene age.[2]

## See also

* List of animal and plant symbols of the Canary Islands

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fernandes, F.; da Silva Menezes de Sequeira, M.P. (2017). "Persea indica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T30329A102153566. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T30329A102153566.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/30329/102153566. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. ↑ Kasaplıgil, Baki (1977). "Ankara, Kızılcahamam yakınındaki Güvem köyü civarında bulunan son tersiyer kozalaklı-yeşil yapraklı ormanı" (in tr, en) (PDF). Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration (Ankara: General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration) 88: 94-102. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/bulletinofmre/issue/3914/52153.

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