Pithecolobium unguis-cati

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Pithecolobium unguis-cati in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Pithecolobium Unguis-cati, Benth. (Mimosa Unguis-cati, Linn.). Cats-claw. Black Bead. Bread-and-cheeses. Una De Gato. An armed or unarmed shrub or small tree, sometimes 25 ft. high: lfts. 4, rather thin, obliquely obovate, oval, rounded or mucronate at the apex, finely reticulated; petioles slender, mostly larger than the petiolules: heads in terminal axillary panicles; calyx turbinate-campanulate, glabrous; corolla glabrous or nearly so; stamens twice as long as the corolla: pods 3-4 1/2 in- long contorted. Fla., W. Indies, and Trop. Amer. Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. 3:392. Vahl, Eclog. 3:25.—The bark is astringent, fr. edible, and the seeds medicinal. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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