• Family : CELASTRACEAE
  (Staff-Tree Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : MALKANGANI FAMILY (मालकांगनी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CELASTRACEAE
• Basionym : Celastrus emarginatus Willd.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Gymnosporia emarginata (Willd.) Thwaites
• Common name : Thorny Staff Tree
• Vernacular name : Vingar, Baikal, Kingani, Thondarsaijhad (Hindi); Thandarasa, Thanasimale (Kannada); Danti, Dantausi, Pedda chintu (Telugu); Baincho, Gaerokosa (Oria); Mal-Kangoni (Marathi)
• Habit : Shrub
• Comments / notes : On plains and scrub jungles up to 1000m.
• Flower, Fruit : November-March
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh R & K.Sankara Rao; Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & K. Sankara Rao
• Collection Date : 26/11/2015
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0409
• Collection Locality : Palamaner forest range, Chittoor district (AP); Palamaneru Ghat, Chittoor district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Anantapur district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Cuttack district
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Australia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Maytenus emarginata. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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