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Labu Siam in Indonesian language or Chayote in English (Sechium edule) is an edible plant belonging to the gourd family
Cucurbitaceae, along with melons, cucumbers and squash.
Chayote (Sechium edule) is an edible plant belonging to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, along with melons, cucumbers and squash.
Globally it is known by many names including Choko (Australia) christophene or christophine, cho-cho, cidra (Antioquia, Caldas, Quindio and Risaralda regions of Colombia), sayóte (Filipino languages), guatila (Boyacá and Valle del Cauca regions of Colombia), centinarja (Malta), sousou or chou-chou (chow-chow) (Mauritian Creole), chuchu (Brazil), pimpinela (Madeira), pipinola (Hawaii), tayota (Dominican Republic), mirliton (Haitian Creole), pear squash, vegetable pear,[1] chouchoute, choko, güisquil (Guatemala, El Salvador), pataste (Honduras), piskot or sikot (Meghalaya), is-kus (Nagaland), dashkush (Manipur), iskut (Mizoram), is-Kush (Nepal), su su (Vietnam).
Its tuberous and edible root is called chinchayote or chayotextle in Mexico and ichintal in Guatemala.
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chayote
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