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Non-scientific name:

chayote

1 Accepted name(s) for "chayote":

Accepted name
Sicyos edulis Jacq.

9 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Drug form: Plant parts:
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sicyos edulis Jacq.
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sicyos edulis Jacq.
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sicyos edulis Jacq.
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Sechium edule (Jacq.)Sw. Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sicyos edulis Jacq.
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Sechium edule Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sicyos edulis Jacq. leaf, frond
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Sechium edule Swartz. Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sicyos edulis Jacq.
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Sechium edule Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sicyos edulis Jacq.
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sicyos edulis Jacq.
Tlayeyecolpahtli. Med. Experim., Mexico (Fernández Martínez et al., 2021) Sechium edule Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sicyos edulis Jacq. leaves, aerial parts, fruit
Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009) Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sicyos edulis Jacq. fruit
Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Sechium edule Sw. Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Sicyos edulis Jacq.

35 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "chayote":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
camochayote Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinchayote Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cho-cho Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chocho Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chou-chou Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
christofine Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
christophine Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chuchu Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cocombre Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
cueza Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fo shou gua Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fó shǒu guā Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fó shǒu guā yè Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fó zhǎng guā Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hayato-uri Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hé zhǎng guā Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kayote Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
labu siam Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
machiche-francês Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
machucho Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
meliton Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mirliton Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
moa kua Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pipinela Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stachelgurke Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tallote Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tayota Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
the choco Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
vegetable-pear Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
waluh jipang Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xuxú Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
佛手瓜 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
佛手瓜叶 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
佛掌瓜 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
合掌瓜 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)