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Family: Bignoniaceae	Genus: Dolichandra	Species: Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Bignonia unguis-cati L., Batocydia unguis-cati (L.) Mart. ex Britton	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Cat's claw creeper	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Cat's claw creeper	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name		Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up to 600 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Climber	Fruit Details	Fruit a capsule, produces brown flattened, winged seeds.
Habitat	A weed of tropical, subtropical and warmer temperate regions. This species was introduced as a garden plant (ornamental) and is still often found growing in gardens.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Native to the Greater and Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Central America, and South America to Argentina.	Bark Details	Younger stems are hairless and green in colour, often with reddish-brown or bronze coloured tips. The stems turn light brown or greyish and become woody as they age.
Distribution in chandigarh	Sector 6	Origin	Exotic
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Woody climber, (name comes from the tripartite, hooked tendrils resembling an animal’s claws that enable the vine to adhere to tree bark and other surfaces) . Cat’s claw has a strong and flexible, cylindrical stem that is brown in color with many lenticels. Younger stems are hairless and green in colour, often with reddish-brown or bronze coloured tips. The stems turn light brown or greyish and become woody as they age. Leaves compound, with two leaflets with the clawed tendril between them, ovate to lanciolate. Flower solitary, with five lobes and bright yellow with red-orange lines in the throat. Fruit a capsule, produces brown flattened, winged seeds.	Leaf Details	Leaves compound, with two leaflets with the clawed tendril between them, ovate to lanciolate.

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