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
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by ...
'', a plant species native to Brazil
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Carpobrotus edulis
''Carpobrotus edulis'' is a creeping plant with succulent leaves in the genus '' Carpobrotus'', native to South Africa. Its common names include hottentot-fig, sour fig, ice plant, highway ice plant, or vygie.
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'', or ''uña de gato'' (Spanish: "cat's claw"), a plant species in the family Aizoaceae
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Dolichandra unguis-cati
''Dolichandra unguis-cati'', commonly known as cat's claw creeper, funnel creeper, or cat's claw trumpet, In Hawai'i it is called Hug-me-tight. is a rapidly growing climbing vine belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. It affects all plant layers o ...
'', or cat's claw creeper, a Central American climbing vine of the family Bignoniaceae
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Grevillea alpina
''Grevillea alpina'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It has several common names, including mountain grevillea, alpine grevillea, and cat's claws. It is endemic to Australia. It is not limited to alpine environments, an ...
'', a shrub species native to Australia
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Martynia annua
''Martynia'' is a monotypic genus in the Martyniaceae family consisting of a single species, ''Martynia annua'' L., which is commonly known as cat's claw, tiger's claw, iceplant.
or Devil's claw. However, the name 'iceplant' may also refe ...
'', 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 phytochemica ...
'', 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 o ...
'', a plant species found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America and used in traditional medicine
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