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Pithecellobium unguis-cati
Also called Crab Wood, Money Bush, Blackbead, Cat's Claw, Moneybush
Catclaw blackbead is a thorny shrub or small tree from seasonally dry tropical areas of the Americas, found from Mexico to Venezuela and Florida. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant plant best grown in full sun with well-drained soil.
Pithecellobium unguis-cati is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It ranges from Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Colombia, Venezuela, and Florida. It is known by many synonyms.
The IUCN Red List lists a synonym, Pithecellobium saxosum, as endangered, with a distribution in Guatemala and Honduras.
Monkeypod · Pithecellobium johansenii · Florida Keys blackbead · Blackbead
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pithecellobium unguis-cati by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
