Interesting information about avocados

The avocados come from trees that are called:"Persea Americana" which are from Mexico.
Perse Americana's fruit is the avocado,also it is called alligator pear.





But which is the etymology of the word: "avocado"?

The word "avocado" comes from the Spanish term: "aguacate" which in turns comes from the Nahuatl word "ahuácatl".

"ahuácatl" means testicle and it refers to the shape of the fruit. Avocados were fruits considered by Aztecs as a fertility fruit.

So, the English term "avocado" comes from the Spanish one "aguacate".

But, returning to Aztec's ideas, I have to explain a little more about this theme. Nowadays, the avocado is considered aphrodisiac fruit! Just by looking at the shape of avocado, you will see the reason why it is associated with sexuality. Aztects as I have just mention, believed that the fruit hanging in pairs on the trees resembled testicles.



However, Catholic priests in Spanish found this fruit so obscenely sexual that they forbade it.