Sechium

Sechium
Sechium edule
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily:	Cucurbitoideae
Tribe:	Sicyeae
Subtribe:	Sicyinae
Genus:	Sechium P.Browne
Species
S.chinantlense S.compositum S. edule - chayote S.hintonii S.pittieri S.venosum[1]
Synonyms[2]
Ahzolia Standl. & Steyerm. Chayota Jacq. Chocho Adans. Frantzia Pittier Polakowskia Pittier

Sechium is a genus in subtribe Sicyinea of the tribe Sicyeae of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae. Its best known member is the edible and widely cultivated Chayote.

Main species

• Sechium compositum (Donn. Sm.) C. Jeffrey
• Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. The chayote or christophine
• Sechium hintonii (Paul G. Wilson) C. Jeffrey
• Sechium jamaicense J. St.-Hil.
• Sechium tacaco (Pittier) C. Jeffrey

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