About catclaw vine
Dolichandra unguis-cati, commonly known as cat's claw creeper, funnel creeper, or cat's claw trumpet, In Hawai'i it is called hug-me-tight. is a rapidly growing climbing vine belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. It affects all plant layers of the forest ecosystem spreading rapidly both vertically and horizontally.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Macfadyena unguis-cati
- Genus
- Macfadyena
- Family
- BIGNONIACEAE
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Garden plant
- Native to
- S. America
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-May
Botanical family
Bignoniaceae
Trumpet vine family
catclaw vine belongs to the Bignoniaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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