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*Sicyos edulis Jacquin. Common name: Chayote, Mirliton, Choko, Christophene. Habitat: Disturbed areas, persistent or weakly escaping from cultivation. Distribution: Native of s. Mexico.

Origin/Endemic status: Mexico

Synonymy ⓘ: = POWO; = n/a — Fl2; = Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. — FNA6, K4, Meso4.1, NS, not formally treated. Basionym: Sicyos edulis Jacq. 1760

Links to other floras: = Sechium edule - FNA6

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