PLANT NAME:  Avocado
KNOWN BY OTHER NAMES:  Alligator Pear, Persea
GENDER:  Feminine
PLANET:  Venus
ELEMENT:  Water
DEITIES:  
POWERS:  Love, lust, beauty
RITUAL USES:  The Egyptians revered the persea
MAGICAL USES:  Eat the fruit of the avocado to become
infused with lust, as the ancient Aztecs did.  Grow the plant
from the pit of an avocado in your home to bring love into it. 
Magical wands made of avocado wood are potent all-purpose
instruments.  Carry the pit to promote beauty.