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Taxon:
Sechium edule
(Jacq.) Sw.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Sechium
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Sicyoeae
Nomen number:
33453
Place of publication:
Fl. Ind. occid. 2:1150. 1800
Verified:
02/17/2005
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Sechium edule
(Jacq.) Sw. subsp.
edule
(0 active accession[s])
Sechium edule
(Jacq.) Sw. subsp.
sylvestre
Lira & Castrejón
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Cadena-Iñiguez, J. et al.
2008. Infraspecific variation of
Sechium edule
(Jacq.) Sw. in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:835-847.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Sechium+edule&quantity=1
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds.
1978-. Flora de Veracruz.
URL:
http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/flover.htm
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hackett, C. & J. Carolane.
1982. Edible Horticultural Crops Academic Press.
Hernandez-Uribe, J. P. et al.
2011. Isolation and characterization of Mexican chayote tuber (
Sechium edule
Sw.) starch. Stärke 63:32-41.
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
1993-. Flora of Japan.
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Lira Saade, R.
1996. Chayote.
Sechium edule
(Jacq.) Sw. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 8:1-58.
URL:
http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/publications/pubseries.asp?ID_SERIE=37
Lira, R. et al.
2008. The effects of climate change on the geographic distribution of Mexican wild relatives of domesticated Cucurbitaceae. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 56:691?703.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
Lira-Saade, R.
1995. Estudios taxonómicos y ecogeográficos de las Cucurbitaceae Latinoamericanas de importancia económica. Syst. Ecogeogr. Stud. Crop Genepools 9:128-134, 152-156.
Note:
n=13
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Newstrom, L. E.
1990. Origin and evolution of chayote,
Sechium edule
. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 141-149.
Newstron, L. E.
1991. Evidence for the origin of chayote,
Sechium edule
(Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 45:410-428.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds.
1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:246.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
chayote –
Reference(s)
cho-cho –
Reference(s)
christophine –
Reference(s)
vegetable-pear –
Reference(s)
French
chou-chou –
Reference(s)
christofine –
Reference(s)
German
Chayote –
Reference(s)
Stachelgurke –
Reference(s)
Japanese Rōmaji
hayato-uri –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
chuchu –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
machiche-francês –
Reference(s)
machucho –
Reference(s)
xuxú –
Reference(s)
Spanish
chocho –
Reference(s)
pipinela –
Reference(s)
tallote –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Mexico)
camochayote –
Reference(s)
chinchayote –
Reference(s)
cueza –
Reference(s)
Swedish
kayote –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
fo shou gua –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Hidalgo
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Oaxaca
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Puebla
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Querétaro
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
2
Cultivated
widely cult. in tropics
Native
Northern America
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
fodder
Newstrom, L. E.
1990. Origin and evolution of chayote,
Sechium edule
. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 141-149.
Human food
fruit
fruit & tubers used as vegetable
Newstron, L. E.
1991. Evidence for the origin of chayote,
Sechium edule
(Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 45:410-428.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Human food
vegetable
fruit & tubers used as vegetable
Newstron, L. E.
1991. Evidence for the origin of chayote,
Sechium edule
(Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 45:410-428.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Medicines
folklore
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References