Sechium edule

Synonymy

Source: Henning, T., Holstein, N. & Raab-Straube, E. von (2017+): Cucurbitaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw., Fl. Ind. Occid. 2: 1150. 1800

≡Sicyos edulis Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 82. 1760 wfo-0000441493
≡Chayota edulis (Jacq.) Jacq., Sel. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: t. 245. 1780

Content

Distribution

[aAz(F S) nCa(aC nT) cCt cHs(S) nIt Md(M) aSa nSi(S)]

Euro+Med not endemic: Azores (Faial casualA, Santa Maria casualA); Canary islands naturalisedB,C (Gran Canaria casualD,E, Tenerife naturalisedE); Croatia cultivatedF; Italy, with San Marino and Vatican City naturalisedG; Madeira archipelago (Madeira island introducedE,H); Sardinia casualI; Sicily, with Malta (Sicily naturalisedG,J,K); Spain, with Gibraltar and Andorra (Spain cultivatedE)

Common Names

Catalan; Valencian (Spain): sequiL; Portuguese (Portugal): caiotaL, chuchuL

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