*Sechium edule* (Jacq.) Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occid. 2: 1150. 1800. syn: *Sicyos edulis* Jacq.
Common names: Chayote squash Herbaceous climber with suborbicular leaves on long slender petioles; male flowers 10-30 in a raceme on up to 30 cm long peduncle; female flowers one or two in the same axil as male infl.; fruit pale green, obovoid, 8-16 cm long, 5-grooved in upper part, slightly hispid. Photographed from California <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-x-4pla9nWvM/T4EvtWIn2QI/AAAAAAAABAs/yhClTt3Awz8/s1600/Sechium-edule-DSC09896-California-1.jpg> Sechium-edule-DSC09896-California-1 <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-p75WZbbGUGI/T4EwfLbLIiI/AAAAAAAABA4/fdRW_ujCCBI/s1600/Sechium-edule-DSC09903-California-2.jpg> Sechium-edule-DSC09903-California-2 <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xRfK7xV56zE/T4ExCjZgJxI/AAAAAAAABBE/lN79sGb_tVE/s1600/Sechium-edule-DSC09901-California-4.jpg> Sechium-edule-DSC09901-California-4 <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eifK_IeUW70/T4ExhhTCF4I/AAAAAAAABBQ/lxoGmkjUBrA/s1600/Sechium-edule-Chayote-fruit-market-California-3.jpg> Sechium-edule-Chayote-fruit-market-California-3 Gurcharan Singh
