Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché is a wild crop known in Mexico as "chilacayote" whose fruits are used as food. The fruits show a pericarp of different colors (whitish, creamy, various shades of green, striped or speckled) and seeds of white or black color. Recent studies report that this specie has remarkable...
The fruit of Cucurbita ficifolia Bouché is known in Mexico as chilacayote, it has medicinal properties such as anthelmintic, diuretic, taeniafuge, among others, highlighting its hypoglycemic effect, which has generated great scientific interest since its effect is 12.9% better than Opuntia streptacantha Lem., a species used to control glucose levels...