Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Pithecellobium unguis-cati, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced3 Source not recorded9 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Benth.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	London J. Bot. 3: 200 (1844)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1844	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Cat's-claw	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Mexico to Venezuela, Florida to Caribbean	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	370 cm	370 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 25 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 184, 460, 873	Sourced
Growth habit	Shrub, Tree	Shrub, Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 444	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	12.8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 981	Not on the record

Pithecellobium unguis-cati (L.) Benth., 1844 14% complete

Cat's-claw

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