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Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Ingeae

GENUS: Pithecellobium Mart.

Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Inga rosea Steud. {Synonym}
    Mimosa rosea Vahl {Synonym}
    Mimosa unguis-cati L. {Synonym}
    Pithecellobium microphyllum Benth. {Synonym}
    Zygia unguis-cati (L.)Sudw. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Black Bead [1653, 1983]; Bread And Cheese [1915]; Campeche [1941]; Cat's Claw [1653, 1983]; Dinde [1653]; Espino De Playa [1653]; Espinuelo [1653]; Kanpes [3058]; Manca Montero [1653]; Privet [1056]; Rolon [1653]; Una-de-gato [1653]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Burundi (I) [8]; Ghana (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [1]
  Asia
India (I) [1914]; Karnataka [1914]; West Bengal [1914]; Indonesia (I) [3898]; Jawa (I) [2022, 3898]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (N) [1056, 1178, 1256, 1341, 1430, 1431]
  Central America
Belize (N) [1242]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [1256]; Mexico(South East) (N) [1256]
  Indian Ocean
Aldabra (U) [1941]; Amirantes Group [1941]; Coetivy I [1941]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Rodrigues (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  North America
United States (N) [1056, 1178, 1256, 1360, 1430, 1431, 3157]; Florida [3157]
  South America
Colombia (N) [1653]; French Guiana (N) [1408]; Guyana (I) [2285]; Venezuela (N) [1653]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1056, 1653, 1915, 1941, 1983, 3898]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3898] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Shrub [1941] [3898], Tree [3898] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3898] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Nielsen IC & Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS

  
USES:
  Environmental [1914, 1915, 3898]; Medicine [1653]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1959
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

1056.

  Adams, C.D., 1972
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

1242.

  Dwyer, J.D. & Spellman, D.L., 1981
    Rhodora 83(834):161-236 A List of Dicotyledoneae of Belize

1256.

  Elias, T.S., 1974
    J.Arnold Arbor.55(1):67-118 Genera of Mimosoideae S.E. USA

1408.

  Lemee, A., 1952
    Flore de la Guyane francaise 2:36-162 Legumineuses

1653.

  Standley, P.C., 1920
    Contr.U.S.Natl.Herb.23(1-5):1-1721 Trees and Shrubs ofMexic

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1941.

  Robertson, S.A., 1989
    Flowering Plants of Seychelles. Kew

1983.

  Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z., 1976
    Hortus Third. New York: Macmillan

2022.

  Nielsen, I.C., 1992
    Flora Malesiana, Series I Vol II Part I Mimosaceae.

2285.

  Boggan, V. et al., 1993
    Checklist of plants of the Guianas. Univ.Guyana. Georgetown.

3058.

  Robertson, S.A. & Todd, D.M., 1983
    Atoll Res.Bull.273(3):39-64 Vegetation of Frigate Island

3157.

  Isely, D., 1998
    Native & naturalized Leg.of the USA.Brigham Young Univ.Utah

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands
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