Malkangani / Black Oil Plant
Celastrus paniculatus
Also known as Climbing Staff Plant, Intellect Plant
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- March-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Celastrus paniculatus
- Genus
- Celastrus
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Siam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Australia, New Caledonia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“The leaves are simple, broad, and oval, obovate or elliptic in shape, with toothed margins.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- ObovaterecordedEgg-shaped but broader near the tip rather than the base.“The leaves are simple, broad, and oval, obovate or elliptic in shape, with toothed margins.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“The leaves are simple, broad, and oval, obovate or elliptic in shape, with toothed margins.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Malkangani itself; the rest are typical of the Celastraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Typical of the Celastraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- मालकंगनी Malkangani,मालकांगनी malakangani
- Nepali
- खुजुर Kujur
- Bengali
- kijri, malkangani
- Tamil
- குவரிகுண்டல் Kuvarikuntal, மண்ணைக்கட்டி Mannai-k-katti, வாலுளுவை Valuluvai
- Telugu
- కాసరతీగె Kasara-tige, మానెరు Maneru, జ్యోతిష్మతి
- Kannada
- ಭವಂಗಬೀಜ Bhavanga Beeja, ಕರಿಗನ್ನೆ Kariganne, ಕರಿಗೊನ್ನೆ Karigonne
- Malayalam
- പൊലുലവമ് Polulavam, കിളിതീനിപ്പഞ്ഞി
- Marathi
- कांगुणी Kanguni, माळकांगोणी Malkangoni, कांगुणी, मालकांगोणी
About Malkangani
Black oil plant (Celastrus paniculatus) belongs to the Celastraceae family, where it grows as a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 17 other states. It grows in moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to December.
Celastraceae
Staff-Tree Family
Malkangani belongs to the Celastraceae family.
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