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Non-scientific name:

cat's claw

10 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Rotheca uncinata (Schinz)P.P.J.Herman & Retief Rotheca uncinata (Schinz) P.P.J.Herman & Retief Kalaharia uncinata (Schinz) Moldenke
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.) Gmel Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.) J.F.Gmel. Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.) J.F.Gmel. Roots, root bark, stem bark and leaves
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. Herb, Stem bark, Bark, Inner Bark
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Uncaria tomentosa (Willd.) DC. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. inner bark of stems stem bark
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC., Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. Roots, root bark, stem bark and leaves
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. Ex Schult.) Dc. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC.
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Uncaria tomentosa DC. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC.
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) Uncaria tomentosa (Willd.) DC. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. bark stem bark
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Uncaria tomentosa (Willd.) DC. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC.
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007) Uncaria tomentosa (Willd.) DC. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. dried stem bark stem
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) Uncaria tomentosa (Willd.) DC. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. Uncaria tomentosa (Willd. ex Schult.) DC. inner bark of the stems stems
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H.Gentry Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H.Gentry Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann

49 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "cat's claw":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
bejuco de agua Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
cat's thorn Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
catclaw creeper Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
catclaw vine Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
cortex uncariae Pharmaceutical WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
dareh Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
deixa Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
derre Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
funnel creeper Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
garabato Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
garabato amarillo Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
garabato colorado Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
garra gavilán Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
hank's clay Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
jipotatsa Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
katzenkralle Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
kug kukjaqui Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
life-giving vine of peru Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
lukato Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
macfadyena Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
micho-mentis Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
mokhesa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
namuteketa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oijoseuta Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oshiyooseuta Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
paotati-mosha Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
papha Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
paraguyayo Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
rangaya Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
rooi-wag-n-bietjie Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
saventaro Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
savéntaro Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
shitwampuku Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sitwampuku Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
toroñ Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
tsachik Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
tua juncara Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
una-de-gato Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
uncariae tomentosae cortex Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
uncariae tomentosae radix Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
uncucha Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
unganangi Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
unha de gato Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
uquanquabulana Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uña de gato Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
uña de gato de altura Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
uña-de-gato Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
wilder tabak Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wildetabak Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)