Cat's claw or cat's claws (also ''uña de gato'' or ''unha de gato'' in Spanish or Portuguese) is a common name for several plants:
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Acacia greggii
''Senegalia greggii'', formerly known as ''Acacia greggii'', is a species of tree in the genus ''Senegalia'' native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, from the extreme south of Utah south through southern Nevada, southeast Cal ...
'', a tree species native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico
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Acacia plumosa
''Senegalia lowei'', also commonly known as feathery acacia, is a plant native to Brazil, which is also called unha de gato, Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
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'', a plant species native to Brazil
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Carpobrotus edulis
''Carpobrotus edulis'' is a ground-creeping plant with succulent leaves in the genus '' Carpobrotus'', native to South Africa. Its common names include hottentot-fig, sour fig, ice plant or highway ice plant.
Description
''Carpobrotus edulis ...
'', or ''uña de gato'' (Spanish: "cat's claw"), a plant species in the family Aizoaceae
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Dolichandra unguis-cati'', or cat's claw creeper, a Central American climbing vine of the family Bignoniaceae
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Grevillea alpina'', a shrub species native to Australia
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Martynia annua'', a plant species endemic to Brazil
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Mimosa nuttallii
''Mimosa nuttallii'', the Nuttall's sensitive-briar, catclaw brier, or sensitive brier, is an herbaceous perennial legume in the subfamily Mimosoideae native to the central United States. It has a trailing semi-woody vine covered with small recu ...
'' (formerly ''Schrankia nuttalli''), a plant native to the Midwestern United States
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Uncaria guianensis
''Uncaria guianensis'', the cat's claw, is a plant species in the genus ''Uncaria'' found in the Amazon biome. Other names for the plant include ''uña de gato'', ''Paraguayo'' and ''vincaria''.
''Uncaria guianensis'' contains many phytochemical ...
'', a plant species found in Guyana and used in traditional medicine
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Uncaria rhynchophylla
''Uncaria rhynchophylla'' () or the cat's claw herb is a plant species used in traditional Chinese medicine.
(+)-Catechin and (-)-epicatechin are found in the plant as well as the alkaloid rhynchophylline
Rhynchophylline is an alkaloid found ...
'', a plant species used in traditional Chinese medicine
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Uncaria tomentosa
''Uncaria tomentosa'' is a woody vine found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America. It is known as cat's claw or uña de gato in Spanish because of its claw-shaped thorns. The plant root bark is used in herbalism for a variety of ...
'', a plant species found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America and used in traditional medicine
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