Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann [Bignoniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
awawe ansa	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
cat's claw	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
cat's-claw	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
catclaw creeper	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
catclaw vine	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
catclaw-creeper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
catclaw-trumpet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cipó-de-gato	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cipó-de-morcego	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
funnel creeper	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
funnel-creeper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
garra de gato	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
katteklouranker	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kattklo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
krallentrompete	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
macfadyena	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mashushillu enano	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
unha-de-gato	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
uña de gato	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
whole plant		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
Aerial parts, Entire plant, Fruit, Leaf, Root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 47 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bignonia exoleta Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 248 (1825 publ. 1829).
Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H.Gentry Brittonia 25: 236 (1973).
Batocydia exoleta Mart. ex DC. Prodr. 9: 148 (1845), pro syn.
Batocydia unguis Mart. ex DC. Prodr. 9: 146 (1845), pro syn.
Batocydia unguis-cati (L.) Mart. ex Britton & P.Wilson Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 194 (1925).
Bignonia acutistipula Schltdl. Linnaea 26: 375 (1854).
Bignonia californica Brandegee Zoe 5: 170 (1903).
Bignonia catharinensis Schenck Schimp. Bot. Mittheil. 4: 191 (1892).
Bignonia dasyonyx S.F.Blake Contr. Gray Herb., n.s., 52: 93 (1917).
Bignonia gracilis G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 18: t. 1705 (1831).
Bignonia inflata Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 256 (1879).
Bignonia lanuginosa Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 491 (1882).
Bignonia pseudounguis Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 397 (1829).
Bignonia rodigasiana L.Linden Ill. Hort. 11: 89 (1893).
Bignonia triantha DC. Prodr. 9: 148 (1845).
Bignonia tweedieana Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 45 (1840).
Bignonia unguis L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1114 (1759), orth. var.
Bignonia unguis Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 248 (1825 publ. 1829), nom. illeg.
Bignonia unguis var. gracilis (G.Lodd.) DC. Prodr. 9: 146 (1845).
Bignonia unguis-cati L. Sp. Pl.: 623 (1753).
Bignonia unguis-cati var. exoleta (Vell.) Sprague Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 84 (1905).
Bignonia unguis-cati var. guatemalensis K.Schum. & Loes. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 130 (1896).
Bignonia unguis-cati var. radicans DC. Prodr. 9: 146 (1845).
Bignonia unguis-cati var. serrata Bureau & K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 8(2): 283 (1896).
Bignonia vespertilia Barb.Rodr. Vellosia, ed. 2, 1: 53 (1891).
Dolichandra kohautiana C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 522 (1845).
Doxantha acutistipula (Schltdl.) Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 190 (1863).
Doxantha adunca Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 188 (1863).
Doxantha chelephora Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 190 (1863), pro syn.
Doxantha dasyonyx (S.F.Blake) S.F.Blake J. Bot. 61: 192 (1923).
Doxantha exoleta (Vell.) Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 188 (1863).
Doxantha lanuginosa (Hemsl.) Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 190 (1863), not validly publ.
Doxantha mexicana Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 190 (1863), nom. nud.
Doxantha praesignis Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 190 (1863), nom. nud.
Doxantha radicans (DC.) Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 190 (1863).
Doxantha serrulata Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 190 (1863), nom. nud.
Doxantha tenuicula Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 190 (1863), nom. nud.
Doxantha torquata Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 190 (1863), nom. nud.
Doxantha tweedieana (Lindl.) Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 190 (1863).
Doxantha unguis var. microphylla Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 9: 243 (1917).
Doxantha unguis-cati (L.) Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 189 (1863).
Doxantha unguis-cati var. dasyonyx (S.F.Blake) Seibert Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 522: 422 (1940).
Doxantha unguis-cati var. exoleta (Vell.) Fabris Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 9(43): 394 (1965).
Doxantha unguis-cati var. microphylla Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 9: 243 (1917).
Macfadyena undulata K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 227 (1894).
Microbignonia auristellae Kraenzl. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 6: 380 (1915).
Spathodea kohautiana (C.Presl) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 6: 513 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bignonia exoleta Vell.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L. G. Lohmann	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G. Lohmann	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.g. Lohmann	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Macfadyen unguis-cati Gentry	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H. Gentry	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H. Gentry.	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H.Gentry	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009)
Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) Gentry	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.)A.H.Gentry	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)

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