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Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H. Gentry
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Whole plant: Juice is alexiteric. Decoction for febrifuge wash. Stem and Leaf: Infusion as sudorific for fevers; bechic, emollient. Used for female sterility and hemorrhage in NW Guyana. Leaf: Mixed with honey in an infusion to treat coughs, for a febrifuge and diuretic, and to treat snakebite.
Distribution: A native of Argentine & Brazil. Cultivated elsewhere.
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Dolichandra unguis-cati, commonly known as cats claw creeper, funnel creeper,[2] or cat's claw trumpet,[2] is a rapidly growing climbing vine belonging to the family Bignoniaceae.[3]
Description[edit]
Dolichandra unguis-cati has semipersistent foliage. The stems are woody and can reach 20 meters. Thin and small aerial roots are used for climbing. The leaves are dark green, opposite and bifoliate. The leaflets have a length of 3 to 4 cm. The plant produces flowers during the wet season. The flowers are yellow, have a diameter of 4 to 5 cm and can grow alone or in groups of 2 or 3. The long primary roots extend beneath the soil surface, producing large tubers 40–50 centimetres long. The fruits are brown flattened capsules from 25 to 95 cm long. Each capsule contains 100 to 200 seeds.
Distribution and habitat[edit]
This plant is native to the tropical dry forest of Central America, South America and the Caribbean. In these natural areas it occurs from sea level to over 600 meters above sea level and where the rainfall is 750 to 2400 mm per year. It can become invasive and it is present worldwide. It can affect all layers of plants of forest ecosystems by rapidly spreading both vertically and horizontally.
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- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
- ^ a b "USDA GRIN Taxonomy".
- ^ "Cat's claw creeper (Macfadyena unguis-cati)". Brisbane Rainforest Newsletter; Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network. April 1996. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
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Cultivated. Native of Tropical America and widely distributed through W. Indies and Mexico to S. Brazil and Argentina.
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French Guiana: griffe chatte, griffe de chat, griffes de chat, ongle de chat, ongles de chat, z'ongchatte, zong'chatt. FG Palikur: msibiu awak.
Liana leñosa.
“Cats Claw” is an extensive and spreading climber. Has beautiful bright yellow short lived flowers. Propagated by stem cutting
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Leaves trifoliolate; lateral leaflets broad, lanceolate to ovate lanceolate, 3-5.5 x 10-20 mm, undulate, subacuminate, terminal. Flowers 1-2 axillary. Calyx cupular, c.10 mm long. Corolla broad, bright yellow; lobes spreading, throat minutely pubescent. Filaments of long stamens 25 mm long, base pubescent. Style c. 25 mm long, stigma 2-lobed, c. 1.5 mm long. Capsule up to 25 cm long.
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Bignonia unguis-cati L.