Maluma (avocado)

Persea americana Mill. cv. 'Maluma'
Cultivar	'Maluma'
Origin	Discovered on the farm 'Maluma' of Mr. Dries Joubert in Levubu, South Africa in the early 1990s. It is a chance seedling of unknown parentage.

Maluma (Persea Americana Mill. cv. 'Maluma') is a commercial cultivar of avocado that was discovered in South Africa. It is marketed simply as 'Maluma', but sometimes also as 'Maluma Hass', referring to its similarity in appearance to the well-known Hass cultivar. Its name originated from the fact that it was discovered by Mr. Dries Joubert, a farmer from Levubu in South Africa, on his farm 'Maluma'.

Maluma is considered a large fruit with individual fruit weights ranging from 150 gram to 400 gram, with most fruit being in the 250 to 300 gram range. It is known as a black-skinned avocado cultivar due to the dark purple-black colour of the skin when ripe.