Martyniaceae
Una de gato
Martynia annua
- Family
- Martyniaceae
- Genus
- Martynia
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Common names
By language (12)
- Bangla
- বাঘনখ
- Burmese
- ဆေးဂဠုန်ပင်, ဆေးဂဠုန်
- Chinese
- 角胡麻
- English
- Una de gato, Devil's claws, Tiger's claw
- German
- Einjährige Martynie
- Hindi
- उलट-कांटा, बाघनख
- Kurdish
- Navika fîlê ya salane
- Malayalam
- പുലിനഖം
- Russian
- Мартиния, Мартиния однолетняя
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈယႃႈၵွင်ႉမႅင်းငေႃး, ယႃႈၵွင်ႉမႅင်းငေႃး
- Spanish
- Carpoceras
- Telugu
- గరుడ ముక్కు, మార్టీనియా
Synonyms
- Carpoceras longiflora A.Rich.
- Disteira angulosa (Lam.) Raf.
- Martynia angulosa Lam.
- Martynia diandra Gloxin
- Martynia jussieui (Steud.) J.T.Howell
- Martynia pallida Salisb.
- Proboscidea jussiaei Schmidel
- Proboscidea jussieui Steud.
- Vatkea diandra O.Hoffm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.