Avocados are quickly gaining popularity as a healthy addition to our daily routine. This fruit can be an excellent addition to your diet that can be nutritious and is the only fruit with unsaturated fats. As a result, avocados can be a great pick, whether you want something to add to your sandwiches, salads, or a healthy dessert. But have you ever wondered about how many Avocado types are there? Hass and Fuerte are the main types of avocados found in the world.

In this article, we have curated the list of different types of Avocados with their pictures and interesting facts. So read on to know more!

What is an avocado?

Avocadi is a type of cherry, also known as an alligator pear or butter fruit, that usually grows in warm climates. Butter fruit is a classified member of the flowering plant family Lauraceae, likely originating from south-central Mexico. Avocado trees are often propagated through grafting to maintain quantity and fruit quality, though these trees are partially self-pollinating.

Avocados are classified into two types which are Type A and Type B cultivars.

Type A Cultivars:

• Type A avocados use their female reproductive parts to bloom in the morning first. Then on the following day, in the afternoon, the flowers open as the opposite sex.
• Most Type A avocados are descendants of Hass and have hass-like characteristics.
• Type A avocados have high oil content, rich nutty flesh, thick and firm skin.
• Hass, Pinkerton, Lamb Hass, Carmen Hass, Gwen, Reed, Mexicola Grande, Stewart, Holiday, Pryor (aka Fantastic), Opal (aka Lila) are some type A avocados.

Type B Cultivars:

• Type B avocados use their male phase to open in the morning first. Then on the following day, in the afternoon, the flowers open as the opposite sex.
• Type B avocados are green skins with lower oil content slightly watery flesh, fragile and thin-skinned.
• Some type B avocados are Fuerte, Bacon, Zutano, Sir Prize, Joey, Winter Mexican, Brogdon, and Wilma aka Brazos Belle.

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15 Most Commercial & Different Avocado Types (A & B Type Cultivars):

We present you with the list of different kinds of Avocados and all their characteristics in detail.