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 39/ Avocado and engkala 

I don’t recommend these. Avocados get aphids very badly when brought indoors in the winter. Engkala do not but they are very cold sensitive. Neither of them do well in high winds. Their leaves are rather fragile and get ripped. Rather than just drop the leaves and produce new ones, they just hang on and look terrible until you cut the branch back. Engkala will share its pot with small veg. Both do ok in high heat.