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Sechium edule

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Sechium edule
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  • Chaco
  • Chayote
  • Chow-chow
  • Christophine
  • Custard Marrow
  • Mirliton
  • Seema-Kathirikkai
  • Vegetable Pear
📚 Overview
Overview
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Description
Habit: Climber
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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G Renu
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    📚 Natural History
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    Notes: Plains to Low Altitude, Cultivated, Native of Tropical America
    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Contributors
    StatusUNDER_CREATION
    LicensesCC_BY
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      📚 Habitat and Distribution
      Description
      Karnataka: Chikmagalur, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Kanniyakumari, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli
      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Contributors
      StatusUNDER_CREATION
      LicensesCC_BY
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        📚 Uses and Management
        Uses

        System of Medicines Used In

        Folk medicine
        Folk medicine
        System Of Medicines Used In

        Folk medicine

        FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7514
        AttributionsFRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7514
        Contributors
        StatusUNDER_CREATION
        LicensesCC_BY
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          📚 Information Listing
          References
          1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
          1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7514
          Information Listing > References
          1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
          2. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7514

          Catalogue of Plants in the Botanical Garden, Bangalore, and Its Vicinity

          Thomas Vattakaven
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