Bignoniaceae
Cat's claw creeper
Dolichandra unguis-cati
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Genus
- Dolichandra
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Common names
By language (6)
- Afrikaans
- Katteklouranker
- Chinese
- 猫爪藤, 貓爪藤
- English
- Cat's claw creeper, Cat's claw trumpet, Catclaw vine, Claw wine, Funnel creeper, Catclawvine
- French
- Liane patate
- Malay
- Reriang
- Russian
- Долихандра кошачий коготь
Synonyms
- Batocydia exoleta Mart. ex DC.
- Batocydia unguis Mart.
- Batocydia unguis Mart. ex DC.
- Batocydia unguis-cati (L.) Mart. ex Britton & P.Wilson
- Bignonia acutistipula Schltdl.
- Bignonia californica Brandegee
- Bignonia catharinensis Schenck
- Bignonia dasyonyx S.F.Blake
- Bignonia exoleta Vell.
- Bignonia gracilis G.Lodd.
- Bignonia inflata Griseb.
- Bignonia lanuginosa Hemsl.
- Bignonia pseudounguis Desf.
- Bignonia rodigasiana L.Linden
- Bignonia triantha DC.
- Bignonia tweedieana Lindl.
- Bignonia unguis L.
- Bignonia unguis Vell.
- Bignonia unguis var. gracilis (G.Lodd.) DC.
- Bignonia unguis var. guatemalensis K.Schum. & Loes.
- Bignonia unguis-cati L.
- Bignonia unguis-cati var. exoleta (Vell.) Sprague
- Bignonia unguis-cati var. guatemalensis K.Schum. & Loes.
- Bignonia unguis-cati var. radicans DC.
- Bignonia unguiscati var. serrata Bureau & K.Schum.
- Bignonia vespertilia Barb.Rodr.
- Dolichandra kohautiana C.Presl
- Doxantha acutistipula (Schltdl.) Miers
- Doxantha adunca Miers
- Doxantha chelephora Miers
- Doxantha dasyonyx (S.F.Blake) S.F.Blake
- Doxantha exoleta (Vell.) Miers
- Doxantha lanuginosa (Hemsl.) Miers
- Doxantha mexicana Miers
- Doxantha praesignis Miers
- Doxantha radicans (DC.) Miers
- Doxantha serrulata Miers
- Doxantha tenuicula Miers
- Doxantha torquata Miers
- Doxantha tweedieana (Lindl.) Miers
and 9 more.
Photos
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carol VanHook, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guillaume Martin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Prof Coffee, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: [1], CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.