Persea americana: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
aguacate	Spanish	?	? (0)
alageta	Chamorro	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 282)
alligator pear	English	?	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 847)
‘āpoka	Maori (Cook Islands)	Cook Islands	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
‘āpuka	Maori (Cook Islands)	Cook Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 357)
avocado	English	?	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 282)
avocat	French	?	Kostermans, André J. G. H. (1974) (p. 123)
avocatier	French	?	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 132)
avogado	French	Île Grande Terre	Kostermans, André J. G. H. (1974) (p. 123)
avoka	Marquesan	Hiva Oa Island	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
avoka	Marquesan	Nuku Hiva (Nukahiva) Island	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
avoka	Niuean	Niue Island	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 108)
‘avoka	Samoan	Western Samoa Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 469)
avoka	Tahitian	Moorea Island	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
avoka	Tahitian	Tahiti Island	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
avoka	Tahitian	Taravai Island	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
‘avoka	Tongan	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 118)
‘āvōta	Maori (Cook Islands)	Ngaputoru Island	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 359)
avota	Tahitian	Society Islands	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 132)
bata	Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 21)

Language/Location/Common name

Language	Location	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chamorro	Guam Island	alageta	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 282)
English	?	alligator pear	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 847)
English	?	avocado	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 282)
French	?	avocat	Kostermans, André J. G. H. (1974) (p. 123)
French	?	avocatier	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 132)
French	Île Grande Terre	avogado	Kostermans, André J. G. H. (1974) (p. 123)
Maori (Cook Islands)	Cook Islands	‘āpoka	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
Maori (Cook Islands)	Cook Islands	‘āpuka	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 357)
Maori (Cook Islands)	Ngaputoru Island	‘āvōta	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 359)
Marquesan	Hiva Oa Island	avoka	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
Marquesan	Nuku Hiva (Nukahiva) Island	avoka	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
Niuean	Niue Island	avoka	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 108)
Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	bata	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 21)
Samoan	Western Samoa Islands	‘avoka	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 469)
Spanish	?	aguacate	? (0)
Tahitian	Moorea Island	avoka	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
Tahitian	Society Islands	avota	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 132)
Tahitian	Tahiti Island	avoka	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
Tahitian	Taravai Island	avoka	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
Tongan	Tonga Islands	‘avoka	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 118)

Location/Language/Common name

Location	Language	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
?	English	alligator pear	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 847)
?	English	avocado	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 282)
?	French	avocat	Kostermans, André J. G. H. (1974) (p. 123)
?	French	avocatier	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 132)
?	Spanish	aguacate	? (0)
Cook Islands	Maori (Cook Islands)	‘āpoka	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
Cook Islands	Maori (Cook Islands)	‘āpuka	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 357)
Île Grande Terre	French	avogado	Kostermans, André J. G. H. (1974) (p. 123)
Guam Island	Chamorro	alageta	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 282)
Hiva Oa Island	Marquesan	avoka	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
Moorea Island	Tahitian	avoka	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
Ngaputoru Island	Maori (Cook Islands)	‘āvōta	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 359)
Niue Island	Niuean	avoka	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 108)
Nuku Hiva (Nukahiva) Island	Marquesan	avoka	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
Palau Islands (main island group)	Palauan	bata	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 21)
Society Islands	Tahitian	avota	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 132)
Tahiti Island	Tahitian	avoka	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
Taravai Island	Tahitian	avoka	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
Tonga Islands	Tongan	‘avoka	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 118)
Western Samoa Islands	Samoan	‘avoka	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 469)

Language/Common name/Location

Language	Common name	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chamorro	alageta	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 282)
English	alligator pear	?	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 847)
English	avocado	?	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 282)
French	avocat	?	Kostermans, André J. G. H. (1974) (p. 123)
French	avocatier	?	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 132)
French	avogado	Île Grande Terre	Kostermans, André J. G. H. (1974) (p. 123)
Maori (Cook Islands)	‘āpoka	Cook Islands	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
Maori (Cook Islands)	‘āpuka	Cook Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 357)
Maori (Cook Islands)	‘āvōta	Ngaputoru Island	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 359)
Marquesan	avoka	Hiva Oa Island	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
Marquesan	avoka	Nuku Hiva (Nukahiva) Island	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
Niuean	avoka	Niue Island	Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 108)
Palauan	bata	Palau Islands (main island group)	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 21)
Samoan	‘avoka	Western Samoa Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1984) (p. 469)
Spanish	aguacate	?	? (0)
Tahitian	avoka	Moorea Island	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
Tahitian	avoka	Tahiti Island	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
Tahitian	avoka	Taravai Island	Florence, J. (2004) (p. 148)
Tahitian	avota	Society Islands	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 132)
Tongan	‘avoka	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 118)

This page was created on 30 SEP 2005 by PT for PIER, and was last updated on 7 Jan 2008 by PIER.