Even in the heat of summer, Horacio Fuentes doesn’t need any shade in his Wilshire Park backyard. After all, he has a chayote. A seamless sea of green runs from the second-floor eaves of his house to ...

Medically reviewed by Jonathan Purtell, RDN Key Takeaways Rich in antioxidants like flavonoids and polyphenols that help ...

Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) developed a hybrid chayote fruit from two wild Mexican species, which could be used to battle cancer.Lead scientist Edelmiro ...

Chayote squash or its scientific name Sechium edule is a tropical edible fruit that is a member of the squash family. The chayote (chi-O-tee) squash is used in many cultures and has adopted many ...

New hybrid chayote fruit from two wild Mexican species can fight cancer. Raw extract of this fruit is as effective as Cytarabine, a medication used to treat some types of cancer. New hybrid chayote ...

The chayote, as it is called in many American supermarkets, is very popular throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. What is a chayote? A chayote (scientific name sechium edule) is a part of the ...

Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) developed a hybrid chayote fruit from two wild Mexican species, which could be used to battle cancer. Researchers from the National ...

I am not often surprised in the produce section of my local grocery store. The fruits and vegetables I run into are easy to identify, and for the most part I have tried most of them. However, this ...

A useful ingredient to have in your refrigerator is chayote because it keeps for weeks and is handy when you run out of greens. The bumpy, green gourd, which can be mistaken for jambu batu, is a ...

Nguyen Hong Thinh and her friend from Hanoi were impressed with the immense green fields of su su (chayote), both young tops and fruits, in Tam Dao District of the mountainous province of Vinh Phuc, ...