Fruit Shapes

The avocado comes in a variety of shapes, some of which are depicted here.

Fruit shapes:

1. Oblate

2. Spheriod

3. High spheriod

4. Ellipsoid

5. Narrowly obovate

6. Obovate

7. Pyriform

8. Clavate

9. Rhomboidal

10. Other

Source:

Descriptors for Avocado (Persea spp.). 1995. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-9043-220-9