| Fridericia chica
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Eudicots
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| Clade:
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Asterids
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| Order:
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Lamiales
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| Family:
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Bignoniaceae
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| Genus:
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Fridericia
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| Species:
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F. chica
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| Binomial name
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Fridericia chica
(Bonpl.) L.G.Lohmann
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| Synonyms
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- Adenocalymma portoricense A.Stahl ex Bello
- Adenocalymma portoricensis A. Stahl
- Arrabidaea acutifolia DC.
- Arrabidaea chica (Bonpl.) Verl.
- Arrabidaea chica var. acutifolia (DC.) Bureau
- Arrabidaea chica var. angustifolia Bureau & K.Schum.
- Arrabidaea chica var. cuprea Bureau & K.Schum.
- Arrabidaea chica f. cuprea (Cham.) Sandwith
- Arrabidaea chica var. thyrsoidea (DC.) Bureau
- Arrabidaea cuprea Pittier
- Arrabidaea cuprea (Cham.) Bornm.
- Arrabidaea larensis Pittier
- Arrabidaea rosea DC.
- Bignonia chica Bonpl.
- Bignonia cuprea Cham.
- Bignonia cuprea var. grandiflora Cham.
- Bignonia cuprea var. parviflora Cham.
- Bignonia rosea DC.
- Bignonia rubescens S.Moore
- Bignonia rufescens DC.
- Bignonia thyrsoidea DC.
- Bignonia triphylla Willd. ex DC.
- Lundia chica (Bonpl.) Seem.
- Temnocydia carajura Mart. ex DC.
- Vasconcellia acutifolia Mart. ex DC.
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Fridericia chica, the cricket-vine, puca panga, chica, carayurú (Spanish), carajuru or crajiru (Portuguese), is a medicinal plant in the family Bignoniaceae, also used for cosmetics. An orange-red dye called chica, crajiru or carayurú is obtained from boiling the leaves. It is used by some native South American peoples to stain the skin.