Harpagophytum
(the English name-Grapple Plant-translated into Greek). SYN. Uncaria. ORD. Pedalineae. This genus comprises about four species of procumbent canescent perennial herbs, natives of South Africa and Madagascar. Flowers axillary, solitary, shortly pedicellate; pedicels glandular at base. Leaves opposite or alternate, incised.
H. procumbens (procumbent). fl., corolla tube pale; limb purple. l. stalked, five-nerved, palmatifid, with coarsely-incised sinuate lobes. Stems many, prostrate. Cape of Good Hope. A very handsome herb, with large fruit, beset with long branches armed with powerful hooked spines; but probably not in cultivation in this country. SYN. Uncaria procumbens.