Black oil plant
Celastrus paniculatus
Also known as Climbing staff plant, Intellect plant
About Black oil plant
Celastrus paniculatus is a woody liana commonly known as black oil plant, climbing staff tree, and intellect tree (Sanskrit: jyotishmati ज्योतीष्मती, Hindi: mal-kangni माल-कांगनी, Chinese: deng you teng 灯油藤). This climbing shrub grows throughout India at elevations up to 1,800 m (5,900 ft). C. paniculatus is a deciduous vine with stems up to 10 cm (3.9 in) in diameter and 6 m (20 ft) long with rough, pale brown exfoliating bark covered densely with small, elongated lenticles. The leaves are simple, broad, and oval, obovate or elliptic in shape, with toothed margins.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Celastrus paniculatus
- Genus
- Celastrus
- Family
- CELASTRACEAE
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India, Siam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, China, Australia, New Caledonia
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- मालकंगनी Malkangani, मालकांगनी
- 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
Celastraceae
Staff-Tree Family
Black oil plant belongs to the Celastraceae family.
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