Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.

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Common names:	Chayote (English) Cho cho (English) Chou chou (English) Susu (English)
Description:	Large herbaceous climber. Leaves broadly ovate, shallowly lobed. Fruit broadly pear-shaped, sometimes irregularly lobed and often spiny.
Notes:	Very commonly grown in Zimbabwean gardens for its edible fruit and tubers.
Derivation of specific name:	edule: edible
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Thursday 15 January 2009
Literature:	Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976). Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York Page 1023.

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