<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Martyniaceae&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags&amp;z=m">Martyniaceae</a> (devil's claw family) » <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Martyniaannua&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags&amp;z=m">Martynia annua</a></i>
</p><p><b>mar-TIN-ee-uh</b> -- named for Dr. John Martyn, Professor of Botany at Cambridge University 
<b>AN-yoo-uh</b> -- meaning, annual
</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: devil's claw, iceplant, tiger's-claw • <b>Bengali</b>: বাঘনখী baghnakhi • <b>Hindi</b>: बाघनख baghnakh, हाथाजोड़ी hatha-jori, उलट-कांटा ulat-kanta • <b>Kannada</b>: ಗರುಡ ಮೂಗು ಮುಳ್ಳು garuda mugu mullu, ಹುಲಿ ನಖ huli nakha, ಹುಲಿ ಉಗುರು huli uguru • <b>Malayalam</b>: പുലിനഖം puli-nakham • <b>Marathi</b>: विंचू vinchu • <b>Nepalese</b>: बिरालो-नङ्ग्रि biralo-nangri, ग्रिध्दरनंकी gridharnankee • <b>Oriya</b>: ବାଘନଖି baghanakhi • <b>Sanskrit</b>: काकनसा kakanasa • <b>Tamil</b>: புலிநகம் puli-nakam, தேட்கொடுக்கி tet-kotukki • <b>Telugu</b>: గరుడముకు garudamukku
</p><p><b>Native to</b>: Mexico and Central America; widely naturalized in tropics
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Devils%20Claws.html">Flowers of India</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hear.org/Pier/species/martynia_annua.htm">PIER</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&amp;taxon_id=200021447">eFlora</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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