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Persea americana

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Persea americana
tree in the Lauraceae family; contains an unidentified cardiotoxin which causes cardiomyopathy manifested by heart failure; called also avocado; the leaves of the Guatemalan varieties are toxic, the Mexican varieties are not.


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Researchers examined the genetic circuitry of Arabidopsis thaliana, a small flowering plant commonly used as a model organism in plant genetics research, and the avocado tree Persea americana, which belongs to an older lineage of so-called basal angiosperms.
Anacardiaceae), leaves (BHCB 4413); Persea americana Miller (Lauraceae), leaves and stems (BHCB 4412); Phoenix roebelinii O'Brien (Arecaceae), leaves (BHCB 3133); Pyrostegia venusta (Ker.
anomala, 1999 Texas, Fraxinus texensis, 2000 76 72 Two-petal, Fraxinus dipetala, 1986 35 34 Velvet, Fraxinus velutina, 2001 189 90 White, Fraxinus americana, 1983 304 95 ASPEN Bigtooth, Populus grandidentata, 105 132 1984 Quaking, Populus tremuloides, 122 109 1991 (*) Quaking, Populus tremuloides, 127 114 1998 (*) AVOCADO Persea americana, 1999 172 75 ([DELTA]) BACCHAHIS Eastern, Baccharis 14 21 halimifolia, 2001 BALDCYPRESS Common (typ.
 
 
 
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