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LATIN NAME: Sechium edule

COMMON NAME: Chayote

The chayote climbs the trellis with the broad, lobed leaves and the pear-shaped, ribbed fruits, and the small, pale flowers open among the leaves. The vigorous, climbing, perennial vine carries the broad, lobed, softly hairy, bright-green leaves and the small, pale-green or whitish flowers through the warm season, one of the fine, generous sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the pear-shaped, ribbed, pale-green or cream fruits with the single, flat seed. The fruits have a very long record as the fine, tender gourds of the warm tables, and the vine is a fine, historic presence of the warm garden. It is a vine of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The chayote is a historic subject of the plant science, and the pear-shaped fruits keep showing up in the work on the climbing vines. The way the pear-shaped, ribbed, pale-green or cream fruits form around the single, flat seed has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the climbing vines, the single-seeded gourds and the members of the gourd family. The broad, lobed leaves and the vigorous habit have also made it a fine study vine, and the chayote is a regular subject of the work on the pear-shaped fruits of the warm world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The chayote is a fine, generous vine of the warm garden and the trellis. The pear-shaped, ribbed, pale-green or cream fruits have a very long record as the fine, tender gourds of the warm tables, the young fruits coming to the soups, the stir-fries, the salads and the stews of the warm kitchens, while the small, pale-green or whitish flowers open through the warm season, drawing the bees. It is one of the fine choices for the warm garden, the trellis and the study collection, and it has been written about in the culinary and the agricultural papers for the pear-shaped fruits and the very long history. It is a fine, generous vine of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist garden.

Give the young vines the trellis and the warm, sunny spot, and the pear-shaped fruits will come in the first warm season.

To grow the chayote from seed, sow the flat, white seeds a centimetre down in the pot of rich, moist soil, keep the pot in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young vines out after the last frosts. The seedlings thread up within a few weeks and grow on fast. With the sun, the trellis and the deep, rich, moist ground, the pear-shaped fruits will come in the first warm season.

Chayote loves humid and moist condition to grow. However, they do grow well in the summer everywhere or in a greenhouse. You do need to build a support or large overhead trellis for it to grow. Its fruits, young leaves, even roots are edible and medicinal values.

Many flying insects attract to the flowers. Bees are always around.

They are delicious vegetables which can be eaten fresh, stired fried or added in soup.