✿Celastraceae · Celastrus
Malkangani / Black Oil Plant
Celastrus paniculatus subsp. aggregatus
Also known as Climbing Staff Plant, Intellect Plant
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- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- April-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Celastrus paniculatus subsp. aggregatus
- Genus
- Celastrus
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Native to
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
Typical of the Celastraceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
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
About Malkangani
A member of the Celastraceae family, Black oil plant (Celastrus paniculatus subsp. aggregatus) is a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. Flowering and fruiting run from April to October.
Botanical family
Celastraceae
Staff-Tree Family
Malkangani belongs to the Celastraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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