Nyctaginaceae
Grand devil's-claws
Pisonia grandis
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Pisonia
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Common names
By language (11)
- ban
- Dagdag séé
- Chinese
- 无刺藤, 無刺藤, 抗风桐, 痲瘋桐, 白避霜花, 麻枫桐
- English
- Grand devil's-claws
- French
- Pisonia, We
- Japanese
- トゲミウドノキ
- Malay
- Pokok Mengkudu Siam
- Malayalam
- കീരമരം
- Persian
- پرندهگیر بزرگ
- Russian
- Пизония большая
- Tamil
- இலச்சைக்கெட்ட மரம் (அ ) சண்டி கீரை, சுண்டி
- Tongan
- Puko
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.