1. Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida
   "The black bead's curved pods gave it its distinctive name";
   - cat's-claw, catclaw, Pithecellobium unguis-cati

Derived forms: black beads

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: genus Pithecellobium, genus Pithecolobium, Pithecellobium, Pithecolobium