Purple Avocado

The avocado has been given many names by many people. The Spanish abogado, the French avocat, each meaning lawyer and the English avocado are all apparently attempts to phonetically reproduce the Aztec name, ahuacatl. In Chile, Peru and Ecuador it is palta, the name given the fruit by the Incas. The Mayans of Guatemala called it on, and the Brazilian Indians call one species omtchon. When and why Alligator Pear was applied is not known.