| NOUN | plant | genus Pithecellobium, Pithecellobium, Pithecolobium, genus Pithecolobium | thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia |
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| Meaning | thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia. | |
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| Synonyms | Pithecellobium, Pithecolobium, genus Pithecolobium | |
| Member of | Mimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae |
| Members | cat's-claw, catclaw, black bead, Pithecellobium unguis-cati | Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds |
| manila tamarind, camachile, huamachil, wild tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce | Common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
| Spanish | genus pithecellobium, genus pithecolobium, pithecellobium, pithecolobium | |
| Catalan | genus pithecellobium, genus pithecolobium, pithecellobium, pithecolobium | |
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