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 cat's-claw's curved pods gave it its distinctive name";
   - catclaw, black bead, Pithecellobium unguis-cati

Derived forms: cat's-claws

Type of: bush, shrub

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