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because its a different type of plant and it doesn't produce fruit
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There are two types of flowers on a squash , male and female. The female flower has a swelling behind the flower and will produce fruit, the male is on a plain stalk and can be removed.
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∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoThat there are two kinds of flowers which need to be produced is one reason why a chayote squash (Sechium edule) may have flowers but no fruit.
Specifically, the plant in question is capable of producing female and male floral parts. There may be a lag between when one set and then the other are produced. Once both show up, the plan will attract bees whose actions result in pollination and then production of fruit.
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If you lived in a rainforest what would you eat?
A squash called Chayote and Hot Peppers. Avacados, bananas, lemons, guavas, passion fruit and dragon fruit are also fruits you might eat.
What is the Spanish word for squash?
Calabaza is for winter squash, and chayote occidental usually works for summer squash.
What is christophene?
A squash, also known as a chayote or a custard marrow.
Is a chayote a fruit or vegetable?
Chayote is, botanically speaking, a fruit. But because it is generally served as a dish, it is considered by the public as vegetable
How healthy is a chayote?
I grow chayote in my yard. I consume it raw in green smoothies. I believe the high vitamin C content is very good for health. The young shoots and young leaves in a smoothie will give you lots of energy. I cook the fruit similar to the way you cook squash or zucchini. The fruit is high in folate which is very healthy. Folate will reduce homocystine in the blood
How do you tell male from female sqwash blossom?
The female squash flowers are those that have a very distinct swelling or enlargement directly behind the petals which is actually the small, immature squash fruit. The male flowers lack the immature fruit and are simply attached to the plant by a long, slender stem (called the peduncle). If you are removing the male bloom in a "partially opened" condition, pollination by insects can not have occurred and no squash fruit will be produced.
Is a squash plant a flower?
It is a plant and like most plants it has flowers that attract animals and insects to fertilize them. Once this has happened, they begin to form a fruit, in this case the squash.
What part of the squash you eat?
The flowers are edible, the "meat" of the fruit is most often eaten, the seeds are edible and often quite good roasted and salted. This depends of course on the squash i question, there are thousands of varieties.
Pineapple is to fruit as squash is to?
Maybe the answer you are looking for is vegetable.But, in the scientific meaning of the word, squash is a fruit. This is because the fruit of a plant is the part of the plant that holds the seeds and in this definition of the word squash is a fruit.
Name a vegetable that is thorny on the outside and has a large seed on the inside?
Chayote aka Guisquil, also many different other names depending on country. Chayote is not a vegetable it is a fruit as it has a seed inside.
Is a squash a flower?
It is a plant and like most plants it has flowers that attract animals and insects to fertilize them. Once this has happened, they begin to form a fruit, in this case the squash.
Is squash a starch?
no squash isn't a startch its just a veggie Squash is actually a fruit, just like watermelon is a fruit. Due to the seeds
