Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sechium edule
chayote, papapobre, chuma, cidra, choo-choo, christophene, mirliton
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Violales
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Sechium
Species
edule
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Chayota edulis (Jacq.) Jacq.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1985
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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- CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
- Wunderlin, R.P. (1978) Flora of Panama, Part IX. Family 182. Cucurbitaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65(1): 285–366.
- Davidse, G. Sousa S.M., Knapp, S., & Chiang Cabrera, F. (2009) Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. Fl. Mesoamer. 4(1): 1-855.
- D'Arcy, W.G. (1987) Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17(1): i–xxx, 1–328; 18(2): i–ix, 1–672.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Davidse, G. Sousa Sánchez, M., Knapp, S. & Chiang Cabrera, F. (2009) Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae I. Flora Mesoamericana. 4(1): 1–650.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Sechium edule", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1782. Accessed 8 May 2025.