Cyclanthera dissecta
(Torr. & A. Gray) Arn.
Cutleaf cyclanthera
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Fruit
Young leaves and fruit are cooked and eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate to subtropical plant.
Central America, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, USA,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent
How to Identify
A pumpkin family herb. It is a vine. The tendrils have 2 branches. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The side pair of leaflets are deeply divided. The end leaflet is 3-5 cm long. There are coarse teeth along the edges of the leaflets. The fruit capsule is narrowly oval and 15-25 mm long.
How to Grow
It grows each year from seed.
Names & Synonyms
Chayotillo, Cincoquelite, Huisquilete
Cyclanthera dissecta A.Gray [Illegitimate]Cyclanthera gracillima Cogn.Cyclanthera naudiniana Cogn.Cyclanthera naudiniana var. tenuifolia Cogn.Discanthera dissecta Torr. & A. GrayEchinocystis pedata Scheele
References (3)
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 287
- Lira, R. & Caballero, J., 2002, Ethnobotany of the Wild Mexican Cucurbitaceae. Economic Botany 56(4) pp. 380-398
- Pena, F. B., et al, 1998, Los quelites de la Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico: Inventory Y Formas de Preparacion. Bol. Soc. Bot. Mexico 62:49-62
