NOTE = Chayote (Sechium edule), also known as : appelée aussi christophene or christophine (Antilles françaises, Guyane), chouchou (Réunion, Île Maurice), chouchoute (Nouvelle-Calédonie, Polynésie française), saosety ousosoty (Madagascar), chow chow (Inde), choko (New Zealand, Australie), mirliton (Haïti, Louisiane), coloquinte (France, Deux-Sèvres), merleton (Creole/Cajun), chuchu (Brazil), Cidra (Antioquia, Caldas, Quindio and Risaralda regions of Colombia), Guatila (Boyacá and Valle del Cauca regions of Colombia), Centinarja (Malta), Pipinola (Hawaii), pear squash, vegetable pear, chouchoute, choko, güisquil (El Salvador), Labu Siam (Indonesia) --- is an edible plant belonging to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, along with melons, cucumbers and squash.