Cucurbitaceae
Chayote
Sicyos edulis
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Sicyos
Pets and kids
- CatsNot sure
- DogsNot sure
- KidsNot sure
Why
Cats: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Dogs: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Kids: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.
Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.
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Common names
By language (71)
- Arabic
- شايوت, شوشو
- arz
- شايوت
- ban
- Waluh Jepang
- Bangla
- স্কোয়াশ
- Basque
- Chaiote
- Belarusian
- Чаёт ядомы
- bi
- Susut
- bik
- Sayotes
- bjn
- Labu siam, S. edule
- Breton
- Chouchou
- Bulgarian
- Обикновен чайот, Чайот
- Burmese
- ဂေါ်ရခါးပင်, ဂေါ်ရခါးသီး, စူကာသီး
- Cantonese
- 合掌瓜
- Catalan
- Xaiota, Chayote
- cdo
- Hiŏng-iòng-guă
- Chinese
- 佛手瓜, 仙瓜, 合掌瓜, 洋瓜, 吊山桃, 洋丝瓜
- Croatian
- Meksički krastavac
- Czech
- Čajot
- Dutch
- Chayote, Laboe siam
- English
- Chayote, Pear squash
- Esperanto
- Ĉajoto
- Filipino
- Sayote, Chaiote, Chayote
- Finnish
- Kajottikurpitsa
- French
- Chayote, Christophine, Chouchou, Chouchoute, Mirliton, Sousou, Chayotte, Chaïote
- Galician
- Caioteira
- Georgian
- Ჩაიოტი
- German
- Schuschu, Chayote, Chou Chou, Christoferine, Christofine, Chuchu, Guisquil, Güisquil
- gor
- Labu Siam
- Greek
- ΤΣΑΓΙΟΤΕ, ΚΙΝΕΖΙΚΟ ΚΟΛΟΚΥΘΙ
- Guarani
- Chuchu
- Haitian Creole
- Militon
- Hebrew
- צ'יוטה
- Indonesian
- Labu siam, Gambas, Jipang
- Italian
- Chayote, Sechio
- Japanese
- ハヤトウリ, センナリウリ, 千成瓜, 隼人瓜
- Javanese
- Labu siam
- Kannada
- ಸೀಮೆಬದನೆ
- Kazakh
- Мексикалық қияр
- Korean
- 차요테
- Kyrgyz
- Чайот
- Latvian
- Čajots, Dārzeņu bumbieris, Ēdamais čajots
- lfn
- Xaiote
- Macedonian
- Максиканска краставица, Чајот, Чоко
- Maithili
- स्कुस
- Malay
- Pokok Labu Siem
- Malayalam
- ചൊച്ചക്ക ചെടി, ചച്ചയ്ക്ക, ചച്ചിയ്ക്ക, ചൗചൗ, മൂടുമുളച്ചി, സെച്ചിയം എഡുലെ
- nah
- Chayohtli, Chayotli
- Nepali
- स्कुस, इस्कुस
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Chayote
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Chayote
- pam
- Sayote
- Persian
- چایوت
- Polish
- Kolczoch jadalny, Chayote
- Portuguese
- Caiota, Chuchu, Machucho, Pepinela
- Russian
- Чайот
- sat
- ᱤᱥᱠᱩᱸᱥ
- sco
- Chayote
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇၼွႆးၵလႃး, မၢၵ်ႇၸူႇၵႃႇ
- Slovenian
- Čajota
- Spanish
- Chayote, Chacota, Chayotera, Cocoro, Cucumis acutangulus, Guatila, Guisquil, Güisquil
- Sundanese
- Gamas
- Tamil
- சௌ சௌ
- Telugu
- బెంగుళూరు వంకాయ, బె౦గుళూరు వ౦కాయ, సీమ వంకాయ
- Thai
- ฟักแม้ว, Chayote, ชาโยเต้, ฟักญี่ปุ่น, มะระญี่ปุ่น, มะระหวาน, มะระแม้ว, มะเขือเครือ
- Ukrainian
- Чайот
- Uzbek
- Chayot
- Vietnamese
- Su su
- Welsh
- Chayote, Tsiáiote
- wuu
- 佛手瓜
- xmf
- Ჩაიოტი
- Yiddish
- טשאיאטע, טשאיאט
Synonyms
- Chayota edulis Jacq.
- Sechium americanum Poir.
- Sechium edule Sw.
- Sechium edule subsp. edule
- Sechium edule subsp. sylvestre Lira & J.Castrejón
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.