Cat's claw
This article is about the plant species. For the claws of cats, see Cat claw. For the comic superhero, see Cat Claw (comic book).
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:
- Acacia greggii, a tree species native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico
- Acacia plumosa, a medicinal plant species native to Brazil
- Carpobrotus edulis, or uña de gato (Spanish: "cat's claw"), a plant species in the Aizoaceae family
- Dolichandra unguis-cati, or cat's claw creeper, a Central American climbing vine of the Bignoniaceae family
- Grevillea alpina, a shrub species native to Australia
- Martynia annua, a plant species endemic to Brazil
- Mimosa nuttallii (formerly Schrankia nuttalli), a plant native to the Midwestern United States
- Uncaria guianensis, a plant species found in Guyana and used in traditional medicine
- Uncaria rhynchophylla, a plant species used in traditional Chinese medicine
- Uncaria tomentosa, a plant species found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America and used in traditional medicine
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