They are two of the names of which it receives a medicinal plant, whose scientific name is Celtis aguanaea of the family Ulmaceae. It is a shrub and also receives the names of cat's claw, white bramble, gurrupia, doodle (Colombia), montero mankah, cat's claw, cimarrona sarsaparilla ( Cuba ) ; azuifo ( Puerto Rico ) ; cockspur ( Florida ) ; white scribble, granjeno ( Mexico ) ; (Dominican Republic); jujubier des iguanes (Antillas), cagalera, cagalero, white, cat's fingernail (El Salvador). In Colombia it is called María Gurrupia a popular tropical song performed by lrene Martinez and the Soneros de Gamero.