Gadzira runyorwa rwakaparadzaniswa nemakoma rwenyika dzakabatanidzwa mukurimwa kwekutanga kwemaavocado
Context:Persea americana, kana kuti avocado, zvichida yakatanga muTehuacan Valley iri mudunhu rePuebla, kuMexico, kunyange zvazvo uchapupu hwezvakawanikwa hunoratidza kuti marudzi akafanana akanga akapararira zvikuru mamiriyoni emakore akapfuura. Zvisinei, pane uchapupu hwokushandiswa kwemhando nhatu dzakasiyana-siyana dzeavocado, zvichiguma nemarudzi anozivikanwa iye zvino anoti Mexican (aoacatl), Guatemalan (quilaoacatl), uye West Indian (tlacacolaocatl). Mhando dzeMexico neGuatemala dzakatangira munzvimbo dzakakwirira dzenyika idzodzo, nepo iyo West Indian landrace iri nzvimbo yakaderera kubva kuGuatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador kuenda kuPeru, ichiwana nzvimbo yakakura kuburikidza nesangano revanhu pamberi pekuuya kwevaEurope. Zviratidzo zvitatu zvakasiyana zvaifanira kunge zvakatosanganiswa[a] muAmerica pre-Columbian uye zvakatsanangurwa muFlorentine Codex.  Vagari vokutanga vomumhenderekedzo yegungwa yokuchamhembe yePeru vaigara mumisasa yechinguvana munzvimbo ine mvura yekare uye vaidya maavocado, pamwe chete nemachisi, mollusks, shark, shiri, uye shumba dzomugungwa. Kuwanikwa kwekare-kare kwegomba remaavokado kunobva muCoxcatlan Cave, kunobva munenge makore 9.000 kusvika ku10.000 akapfuura. Mamwe mapako ari muMupata weTehuacan anobva munenge panguva imwe cheteyo anoratidzawo uchapupu hwepakutanga hwokuvapo uye kudyiwa kweavocado. Pane uchapupu hwekushandiswa kweavocado kunzvimbo dzeNorte Chico muPeru makore angangoita 3 200 apfuura uye kuCaballo Muerto muPeru kubva makore angangoita 3 800 kusvika 4 500 apfuura.
Mexico, Guatemala, West Indies, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru