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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 & Castrejon
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Note:
based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
http://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.
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
Duke, J. A. et al.
CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Erhardt, W. et al.
Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Note:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Sechium+edule&quantity=1
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds.
Flora de Veracruz. 1978-
http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/flover.htm
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hackett, C. & J. Carolane.
Edible Horticultural Crops. 1982
Note:
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.
Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
Flora of Japan. 1993-
Kunkel, G.
Plants for human consumption. 1984
Lira Saade, R.
1996. Chayote.
Sechium edule
(Jacq.) Sw.. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 1996- 8:1-58.
http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/publications/pubseries.asp?ID_SERIE=37
Lira, R. et al.
1999. Propuesta de ubicación taxonómica para los chayotes silvestres (
Sechium edule
, Cucurbitaceae) de México. Acta Bot. Mex. 49:47-61.
Note:
this study proposes the recognition of two subspecies, one
edule
for all cultivated plants, and subsp.
sylvestre
for wild plants
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.
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.
Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Note:
American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
McVaugh, R.
Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
Newstrom, L. E.
1990. Origin and evolution of chayote,
Sechium edule
. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae. 1990 141-149.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds.
1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:246.
http://proseanet.org
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
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
Queretaro
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Veracruz
2
Cultivated
widely cult. in tropics
Native
Northern America
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracruz]
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Human food
fruit (fruit & tubers used as vegetable fide Biol Cucurb 141, 333. 1990) –
Reference(s)
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses