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Fish Hook Vine
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Fish Hook Vine

Uncaria rhynchophylla

Uncaria rhynchophylla (simplified Chinese: 钓钩藤; traditional Chinese: 釣鉤藤; pinyin: diào gōu téng; lit. 'fish hook vine') or the cat's claw herb is a plant species used in traditional Chinese medicine.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Fish Hook Vine in Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Trees

Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Trees

王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.54

Fish Hook Vine in Compendium of Materia Medica

Compendium of Materia Medica

李時珍 · 1596 · p.50

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 809168.