Plant Details

Accepted name:: Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bejuco de agua	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
cat's claw	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
cat's thorn	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
cat's-claw	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cat’s claw	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
cortex uncariae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
deixa	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
garabato	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
garabato amarillo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
garabato colorado	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
garra gavilán	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
hank's clay	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
jipotatsa	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
katzenkralle	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
kug kukjaqui	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
life-giving vine of peru	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
micho-mentis	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
paotati-mosha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
paraguyayo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
rangaya	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
saventaro	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
savéntaro	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
toroñ	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
tsachik	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
tua juncara	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
una-de-gato	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
uncariae tomentosae cortex	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
uncariae tomentosae radix	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
uncucha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
unganangi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
unha de gato	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
unha-de-gato	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
uña de gato	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
uña de gato colorada	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
uña de gato de altura	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
uña de gato, corteza	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
uña-de-gato	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
stem bark	inner bark of stems	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Roots, root bark, stem bark and leaves		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herb, Stem bark, Bark, Inner Bark		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
seed, stem, aerial part, bark, leaf, entire plant, látex		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
stems	inner bark of the stems	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stem	dried stem bark	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
stem bark	bark	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
bark		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
bark	inner bark of the stems	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
corteza interna de los tallos		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nauclea aculeata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 382 (1819).
Cinchona globifera Pav. ex DC. Prodr. 4: 345 (1830).
Nauclea polycephala A.Rich. ex DC. Prodr. 4: 672 (1830).
Nauclea surinamensis (Miq.) Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 1: 378 (1848).
Nauclea tomentosa Willd. ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 221 (1819).
Ourouparia polycephala (A.Rich. ex DC.) Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 229 (1879).
Ourouparia tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(6): 132 (1889).
Uncaria surinamensis Miq. Linnaea 19: 129 (1846).
Uncaria tomentosa var. dioica Bremek. Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 31: 263 (1934).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nauclea aculeata Kunth	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Uncaria tomentosa	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. Ex Schult.) Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) DC.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Roem. and Schult) DC.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Roem. et Schult.) DC.	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Roem.& Schult) DC.	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC.,	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Uncaria tomentosa (Willd.) DC.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
Uncaria tomentosa DC.	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Uncaria tormentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

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