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Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth.

Leguminosae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)

SC SE

E [D]

hyg xer? calc?

dr (bark decoction taken orally for fever, dysentery, renal infection, kidney stones and liver-spleen infection, bark and fruits pericarp bath for skin infections) dr(ob) fd (fruits) fw ma pl (hedge) ti (posts)

Feuilleea oblonga (Benth.) Kuntze Feuilleea unguis-cati (L.) Kuntze Feuilleea unguis-cati var. latifolia Kuntze Inga guadalupensis (Pers.) Desv. Inga microphylla Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Inga unguis-cati (L.) DC. Inga unguis-cati (L.) Willd Mimosa guadalupensis Pers. Mimosa unguis-cati L. Pithecellobium larensis L.Cárdenas Pithecellobium oblongum Benth. Pithecellobium paniculatum Pittier Pithecellobium pittieri Britton & Killip non Benth. Pithecellobium pulchellum Pittier Pithecellobium saxosum Standl. & Steyerm. Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Mart. Pithecolobium flavovirens Britton Pithecolobium microchlamys Pittier Pithecolobium microphyllum (Humb. & Bonpl.) Benth. Pithecolobium microstachyum Standl. Pithecolobium oblongum Benth. Pithecolobium saxosum Standl. & Steyerm. Pithecolobium seleri Harms Pithecolobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth Zygia unguis-cati (L.) Sudw.

catclaw blackbead; beefsteak (Grenadines); black bead, black bread; black Jessie (Trinidad); blackbead (Jamaica, Trinidad); blackbread (Jamaica, USA, Virgin Islands); bread and cheese (Jamaica); bread-and-cheese (Barbados, Trinidad, Virgin Islands); bread-and-cheeses (Virgin Gorda); bread-tree, break-free (Barbados); cat's-claw; catclaw (USA, Virgin Islands); catclaw apes-earring, catclaw blackbread (USA); cats claw (Bahamas); crab prickle; crab-prickle (Virgin Islands); crab-wood (Netherlands Antilles); Florida catclaw (USA, Virgin Gorda); mangrove bead tree; mangrove bread-tree (Barbados); moabite, privet

pithécellobium griffe-de-chat; acacia à bracelets, acacie ongle de chat, bois-traînant, collier diable, collier-diable, coquelicot; diaballe (Martinique); griffe chat, griffe-chatte, querette, tendre à caillou rivière, tendre à caillou-rivière; vulgo collier-diable (Guadeloupe)

cinazo (Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico); ciñazo (Dominican Repubic); conchi (Central America, Mexico); dinde (Colombia); escambrón colorado (Puerto Rico); espino de playa; guayacán (Central America, Mexico); güichere (Venezuela); manca montero (Cuba); michiguiste negro (Costa Rica); mongollano (Central America, Mexico); mongolleno (El Salvador); peronio (Colombia); platanito (Venezuela); rolóm escambrón (Puerto Rico); rolón (Central America, Mexico, Puerto Rico); rolón escambróm (Puerto Rico); taguapire (Venezuela); uña de gato (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico); uña de gatu; uña-de-gato (Central America, Mexico)

Antillen-Kieselholz (german); beshi di juana (Netherlands Antilles); dabarouida (Curaçao); t'suiche, tzim-ché, tzin-ché (Mexico); uña di gatu (Netherlands Antilles)

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Latin name	Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E [D]
Ecology	hyg xer? calc?
Use	dr (bark decoction taken orally for fever, dysentery, renal infection, kidney stones and liver-spleen infection, bark and fruits pericarp bath for skin infections) dr(ob) fd (fruits) fw ma pl (hedge) ti (posts)
Synonym	Feuilleea oblonga (Benth.) Kuntze Feuilleea unguis-cati (L.) Kuntze Feuilleea unguis-cati var. latifolia Kuntze Inga guadalupensis (Pers.) Desv. Inga microphylla Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Inga unguis-cati (L.) DC. Inga unguis-cati (L.) Willd Mimosa guadalupensis Pers. Mimosa unguis-cati L. Pithecellobium larensis L.Cárdenas Pithecellobium oblongum Benth. Pithecellobium paniculatum Pittier Pithecellobium pittieri Britton & Killip non Benth. Pithecellobium pulchellum Pittier Pithecellobium saxosum Standl. & Steyerm. Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Mart. Pithecolobium flavovirens Britton Pithecolobium microchlamys Pittier Pithecolobium microphyllum (Humb. & Bonpl.) Benth. Pithecolobium microstachyum Standl. Pithecolobium oblongum Benth. Pithecolobium saxosum Standl. & Steyerm. Pithecolobium seleri Harms Pithecolobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth Zygia unguis-cati (L.) Sudw.
English name	catclaw blackbead; beefsteak (Grenadines); black bead, black bread; black Jessie (Trinidad); blackbead (Jamaica, Trinidad); blackbread (Jamaica, USA, Virgin Islands); bread and cheese (Jamaica); bread-and-cheese (Barbados, Trinidad, Virgin Islands); bread-and-cheeses (Virgin Gorda); bread-tree, break-free (Barbados); cat's-claw; catclaw (USA, Virgin Islands); catclaw apes-earring, catclaw blackbread (USA); cats claw (Bahamas); crab prickle; crab-prickle (Virgin Islands); crab-wood (Netherlands Antilles); Florida catclaw (USA, Virgin Gorda); mangrove bead tree; mangrove bread-tree (Barbados); moabite, privet
French name	pithécellobium griffe-de-chat; acacia à bracelets, acacie ongle de chat, bois-traînant, collier diable, collier-diable, coquelicot; diaballe (Martinique); griffe chat, griffe-chatte, querette, tendre à caillou rivière, tendre à caillou-rivière; vulgo collier-diable (Guadeloupe)
Spanish name	cinazo (Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico); ciñazo (Dominican Repubic); conchi (Central America, Mexico); dinde (Colombia); escambrón colorado (Puerto Rico); espino de playa; guayacán (Central America, Mexico); güichere (Venezuela); manca montero (Cuba); michiguiste negro (Costa Rica); mongollano (Central America, Mexico); mongolleno (El Salvador); peronio (Colombia); platanito (Venezuela); rolóm escambrón (Puerto Rico); rolón (Central America, Mexico, Puerto Rico); rolón escambróm (Puerto Rico); taguapire (Venezuela); uña de gato (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico); uña de gatu; uña-de-gato (Central America, Mexico)
Other name	Antillen-Kieselholz (german); beshi di juana (Netherlands Antilles); dabarouida (Curaçao); t'suiche, tzim-ché, tzin-ché (Mexico); uña di gatu (Netherlands Antilles)
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