Sechium tacaco

Botanical Description

Tacaco is a perennial climbing plant, producing stems 2 - 6 metres long from a fleshy rootstock and attaching itself to other plants for support by means of tendrils. The stems spread on the ground or on low bushes or supports[ 487 Title Inventory of Seeds and Plants Imported Vol. 21 Publication USDA Bureau of Plant Industry - Bulletin No. 205 Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher USDA Government Printing Office; Washington DC. Year 1911 ISBN Description Details of seeds imported for trials by the United States Department of Agriculture in the last quarter of 1909, often detailing the uses of the plant and various other miscellaneous information. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is cultivated and semi-cultivated in Costa Rica for use as a vegetable, often being sold in local markets[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. , 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].