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@bike@regenerate.social @plants more accurately, a wild cousin of the avocado. The pre-domesticated avocado was likely not Persea schiedeana, it was a small version of Mexican avocado, and there are still some "wild" populations in the Mexican highlands that appear to have had minimal mixing with the domesticated genes. Here's one example, from this paper: https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/47902