Chayote Vine

Sold as a single small Chayote Vine, grown from fruit, which was harvested from our own plants.
Chayote is a warm-season, tender perennial vine of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), cultivated for its pale green, pear-shaped fruit. While it is botanically categorized as a fruit, it is most often prepared as a vegetable in savory dishes. Every part of the chayote squash is edible, including the rind, flowers and roots. The fruit has a thin, green skin with coarse wrinkles, ranging from 10 to 25 cm in length. The flesh is green to white, and the fruit contains a single, large, flattened pit. One fruit can weigh up to 1.2 kg or more. The stems of the vine can reach up to 15.2m. Both male and female flowers are borne on the same vine.