Plant Details

Accepted name:: Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.) J.F.Gmel. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cat's claw	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
cat's-claw	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
life-giving vine of peru	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
popokainangra	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
savéntaro	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
uhchara wiritun	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
unha-de-gato	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
uña de gato	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
uña de gato blanca	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots, root bark, stem bark and leaves		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
leaves		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
bark		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nauclea aculeata (Willd.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 929 (1798).
Nauclea guianensis (Aubl.) Lam. ex Forsyth f. Bot. Nomencl.: 130 (1794).
Ourouparia guianensis Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane: 177 (1775).
Uncaria aculeata Willd. Delect. Opusc. Bot. 2: 200 (1793).
Uncaria spinosa Raeusch. Nomencl. Bot. Pl. Illustr., ed. 3: 55 (1797).
Uncaria versicolor Willd. in P.Usteri (ed.), Delect. Opusc. Bot. 2: 200 (1793), nom. superfl.
Uruparia guianensis (Aubl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 301 (1891).
Uruparia versicolor Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 148 (1838), nom. superfl.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.) Gmel	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.) J. F. Gmel.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.) J.F. Gmel.	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.) J.F.Gmel.	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Uncaria guianensis (Aubl.)J.F.Gmel.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)
Uncaria guianensis (Aublet) J.Gmel.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)

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