Plants Profile for Caesalpinia decapetala (shoofly)

General Information
Symbol:	CADE15
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Fabaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub Vine
Native Status:	HI I PR I
Other Common Names:	cat's claw
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

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NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
BISE2	Biancaea sepiaria (Roxb.) Todaro
CASE15	Caesalpinia sepiaria Roxb.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae – Pea family
Genus	Caesalpinia L. – nicker
Species	Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston – shoofly

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Caesalpinia decapetala Mauritius thorn Mysore thorn cats claw shoofly wait-a-bit This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
HEAR	USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Caribbean	FACU
Hawaii	UPL