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

Type of: bush, shrub

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

Encyclopedia: Pithecellobium unguis-cati