- Family : CELASTRACEAE
(Staff-Tree Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : MALKANGANI FAMILY (मालकांगनी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Celastraceae
- Synonym(s) : Catha paniculata (Willd.) Scheidw.; Celastrus alnifolius D.Don; Celastrus metzianus Turcz.; Celastrus nutans Roxb.; Celastrus pubescens Wall.; Celastrus racemosus Turcz.; Celastrus rothianus Schult.; Ceanothus paniculatus (Willd.) Roth; Scutia paniculata (Willd.) G.Don; Alsodeia glabra Burgersd.; Rinorea glabra (Burgersd.) Kuntze
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Celastrus paniculatus Willd.
- Common name : Black oil plant, Climbing staff plant, Intellect plant
- Vernacular name :
- Malakamni, Malkungi, Malkangni (Hindi)
- Kari gonne, Gangudekayi, Jyotisumathi (Kannada)
- Valulurai (Tamil)
- Pengu, Pengumal, Karsano, Katta pengu, Laibeheda (Oria)
- Jyostismati (Sanskrit)
- Malkanguni, Dhimar-bel, Jyotishmati, Kangli, Kangun, Kazad-Kungoni, Kiri, Piwalvel (Marathi)
- Cherupunna, Jyothishmathi, Killithinipanji, Paluzhavam, Valuzhavam (Malayalam)
- Moner tiga, Jyothismati (Telugu)
- Habit : Liana
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests and Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : The seeds yield a black oil which is used as a diuretie.
- Key identification features : Climbing shrub; Flowers pale yellow, green.
- Flower, Fruit : March-December
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Ballari district, Kolar district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Mandi district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- 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
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 128
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 146
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Celastrus paniculatus. Downloaded on 13 February 2025.
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