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Celastrus paniculatus Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 1125 1798 (Syn. Catha paniculata Scheidw.; Ceanothus paniculatus Roth; Celastrus alnifolius D.Don; Celastrus euphlebiphyllus (Hayata) Kaneh.; Celastrus metzianus Turcz.; Celastrus nutans Roxb.; Celastrus pubescens Wall.; Celastrus rothianus Schult.; Diosma serrata Blanco; Euonymus euphlebiphyllus Hayata);
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black-oil plant, celastrus, oriental bittersweet, intellect tree, staff tree • Bengali: kijri, malkangani • Gujarati: માલકંગના malkangana • Hindi: मालकंगनी malkangani • Kannada: ಭವಮ್ಗ bhavamga, ಜೊತಿಷ್ಮತಿ jotishmati, ಕರಿಗನ್ನೇ kariganne, ಕೊಉಗಿಲು kougilu • Konkani: माळकांगोणी malkangoni • Marathi: कांगुणी kanguni, माळकांगोणी malkangoni • Oriya: korsana, pengu • Sanskrit: अलवण alavan, ज्योतिषमति jyotishmati, कन्गु kangu • Tamil: குவரிகுண்டல் kuvarikuntal, மண்ணைக்கட்டி mannai-k-katti, வாலுளுவை valuluvai • Telugu: కాసరతీగె kasara-tige, మానెరు maneru • Urdu: کنگني مال malkanguni;
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A large, woody, climbing shrub with corky bark. Leaves5-10 x 3-7 cm, alternate, petioled, suborbicular or obovate, short acuminate, crenate, serrate, more or less coriaceous, apex mucronarte, base round or cordate. Flowers pale-yellow, borne in large, drooping terminal panicles. Sepals rounded, toothed. Petals oblong. Anthers large, almost of the size of petals. Stigmasimple, ovary free. Capsule 1.0-1.5 cm in diameter, globose, usually 3-celled, dark orange when ripe. Seeds 1-2 in each cell, black, enclosed in red arillus.
. 1a. Inflorescence on lateral shoots, shorter than leaves …. ssp. aggregatus
1b. Inflorescence on terminal shoots, twice as long or more than twice as long as the leaves ….. ssp. paniculatus .    Celastrus paniculatus from Morni Hills:
This medicinally important plant “Malkangni“- Celastrus paniculatus was captured in October 2010 from Morni Hills in Haryana Siwaliks.
130711 RV 1:
Please help to id this plant……its a liana a woody climbers I saw today in north Mumbai near Film City. Yes Jyotish mati (Celastrus paniculatus) in Marathi Mal-kangani, Seed oil is used for increasing memory power, as the name jyotish mati, one drop of oil taken along with one cup of milk. What is the sanskrit name of this plant (the one mentioned in the 21 Ganesh patri)? One more photo of C paniculatus . Patri’s for Lord Ganesha:
Just a compilation of information. Various leaves or Patri’s are offered to Lord Ganesha during the Ganesh Festival. It was a tradition to know and remember these plants during the festival since ancient times. One should not rob or destroy these plants as it happens today. Many alternatives are also sold mimicking the originals. ………………………………..
Recently Celastrus paniculatus (Jyotishmati) was mentioned by somebody as one of the Patri’s offered to Lord Ganesha. Somehow this plant doesn’t figure in the list provided below. Of course there are variations in the literature. …………………………….. celastrus panicualatus is an excellent brain tonic. Lord Ganesh is god of VIDYA therefore in our region fruits are hanging over the head of ganesha. oil of this species is the best brain tonic in Ayurveda. I think this is excellent traditional method for plant conservation. …………………     Flora of Haryana: Celastrus paniculatus from Munak Road Karnal (Haryana):
Celastrus paniculatus from Munak Road Karnal (Haryana). Growing wild large shrub pls validate I particularly liked seeing the flowers… never seen them this clear.. or FRESH…
I have only seen them fallen to the ground… usually the tree climbing vises are beyond my reach…
Celastrus paniculatus in Flowering from Karnal-2012:
Celastrus paniculata Willd., Sp. Pl. 1125, 1797; Roxb., Fl. Ind. 621; Fl. Br. Ind. I: 617; Collett, Fl. Simlensis 87; C. multiflora, Roxb., Fl. Ind. I: 622 Vern.: Malkangni, Jyotishmati.
A large, woody, climbing shrub with corky bark. Leaves5-10 x 3-7 cm, alternate, petioled, suborbicular or obovate, short acuminate, crenate, serrate, more or less coriaceous, apex mucronarte, base round or cordate. Flowers pale-yellow, borne in large, drooping terminal panicles. Sepals rounded, toothed. Petals oblong. Anthers large, almost of the size of petals. Stigmasimple, ovary free. Capsule 1.0-1.5 cm in diameter, globose, usually 3-celled, dark orange when ripe. Seeds 1-2 in each cell, black, enclosed in red arillus.
This red listed medicinal plant was shot in blooming from Near Karnal on May 05, 2012.
Celastrus paniculatus Pune May 2012: saw Indian Bees (Apis cerena indica) relishing on these flowers in huge numbers just 2 days back!
celstrus paniculatus for validation:
please validate the id of this plant. Name: Celastrus paniculatus subsp. aggregatus Collection time: 25 August 12
Locality: Jarandeshwar hill, Near Satara, Maharashtra
Distribution: Occasional, only one individual located. Habit: Scandent, shrubs
Stem: Older ash coloured, younger green, lenticelled.
Leaves: Papery, pale green beneath, smooth, crenate serrate half of upper leaf.
Flowers: Small, 2-3 mm in length, greenish, petals 4 Yes …, This is Celastrus paniculatus…a medicinal plant…. over collecting will doom this plant… people in power must do strong protective regimens… It doesn’t look like ssp. aggregatus.         Celastrus paniculatus [Jyotismati] fruiting:
This is for … and the TAW team members. Photographed at Khandala towards the end of August with … Some of my previous photographs of this are available at these links
Thank you so much for your pictures of Celastrus paniculatus…….very nice shots. We could see about 5 plants in a distance of one and a half kilometer. I have attached few pictures which I took yesterday.
This is Celastrus paniculatus, Yes it is Celastrus paniculatus.
Flowering at present in Pune too.
ज्योतिष्मती Yes, Celastrus paniculatus indeed…lovely macro of minute flowers..
Celastrus paniculatus – Mumbai :: 22092013 :: September 2013 : Attachments (2). 4 posts by 3 authors. Yes it is. Very attractively coloured seeds. The leaf shape is also characteristic unmistakable. . Celastraceae fortnight :: Celastrus paniculatus at Tungareshwar WLS :: DV05 : 2 images. 3 posts by 3 authors.
Celastrus paniculatus Willd. at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on 09 AUG 09 The commonest Indian species
Celastraceae fortnight :: Celastrus paniculatus at Tungareshwar WLS :: DV03 : 3 images. 4 posts by 4 authors.
Celastrus paniculatus Willd.
at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on 20 APR 13 Very well illustrated. The commonest Indian species.
Celastraceae and Sapindaceae Fortnight:: Celastraceae: Celastrus paniculatus from Morni Hills and Karnal-NS 01 : Attachments (7). 3 posts by 3 authors.
This occasionally encountered trailing shrub was shot from Morni Hills and Karnal..
Celastrus paniculatus Willd. Very beautiful set of pictures!
Very good photographs …
Celastraceae fortnight :: Celastrus paniculatus at Lohagad :: PKA3 : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Came across this plant near Lohagad, Lonavala region in fruiting stage.. Well, the commonest species in India.
Celastraceae fortnight :: Celastrus paniculatus. Pune.SMP1 : 1 post by 1 author. 4 images.
Celastrus paniculatus
माळ कांगणी
Climbing shrub. Fairly common on the outskirts of the city. Also observed in some parts of Pune city too.
CELASTRACEAE FORTNIGHT 1-14Jan2014: Celastrus paniculatus from Uttarakhand_DSR 01 : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author.
Celastrus paniculatus Willd. is common scandant shrub in Pantnagar area.
The plant is considered medicinal
Id Plz : 6 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2).
can anyone id this climber
picture taken at Amboli on 17th April 2014 Isn’t it Celastrus ?? Celastrus paniculatus माळ कांगणी Yes, Celastrus paniculatus Celastrus paniculatus
Wild Plant For ID : Nasik : 020514 : AK-4 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 2 authors. This is also a sapling of Jyotismati [Celastrus paniculatus]. My photographs of this are available at these links :    Wild Plant For ID : Nasik : 010514 : AK-2 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3).
Wild plant with lots of tiny buds seen today. (1.5.14) Unfortunately, no open flowers. Likely to be Celastrus paniculatus… Yes, i think … is right, it does look like Celastrus paniculatus.. Thanks a lot for the id of this plant seen growing today. Doubt c. paniculatus though leaves look like but inflorescence is crowfed Yes Celastrus paniculatus Can this be Celastrus paniculatus subsp. paniculatus with long inflorescence? According to Dr. Almeida’s ‘Flora of Maharashtra’ & Yadav and Sardesai’s ‘Flora of Kholapur District’, there is only one species of Celastrus found in Maharashtra and that is Jyotismati. [C.paniculatus]. Yes …, you are right.
Cassine glauca (Rottb.) Kuntze Wow, thank you … for the very prompt feedback. Its in proper flowering stage. You can see the open flowers in two of your photographs. Indeed, the flowers are minute. This looks like Jyotismati [Celastus paniculatus] to me. Please check. My photographs of Bhutuxia [Cassine glauca] for comparison are available at these links:
Thank you … for the feedback… Affirmative. This is Jyotismati [Celastrus paniculatus]. Could not find these photographs of mine in the archives of this group, so am sending them again. Thank you … for the confirmation and the additional pics. Affirmative. Cassine glauca is a small deciduous tree, whereas Celastrus paniculatus is a large climbing shrub. Please check this link : Fully agree with … for the ID- Celastrus paniculatus Willd.
…, I missed observing the habit of the plant closely. Apologies. Celastrus paniculatus    Celastrus paniculatus : For ID Confirmation : Jim Corbett,Uttarakhand : 060614 : AK-15 : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3).
Climber seen growing wild. Is this Celastrus paniculatus which was recently posted by me from Nasik?
Kindly validate. Yes in my opinion it is C.paniculatus. However, the plant seems to have variability and in inner hills in Himalaya it makes smaller inflorescences while here in outer hills and also in Pantnagar it may produce one feet long inflorescences. C.paniculatus subsp. agrigatus may be kindly check characters. Yes please. Correct only Yes please. Correct only efi page on Celastrus paniculatus subsp. aggregatus I agree with the ID: Celastrus paniculatus (subsp. paniculatus).      ANOCT30 Cassine paniculata : 12 posts by 7 authors. Attachments (5). Makalidurga 5th October 2014 It is Celastrus paniculatus Willd., valuluvai (T), malkangni (H) seeds are commercial scale crude drug Sir I broke this twig with infructescence from a tree. I checked because I have mistaken Celastrus for a tree before and there were no lianas on the tree. did you also take a picture of the tree? its trunk, its canopy and trunk bark etc Sorry ma’am. That is one thing I forgot to do.
I will be visiting the area again in the coming week. I will certainly do it then. if we know the overall anatomy it helps in id efi page on Elaeodendron paniculatum (Synonym : Cassine paniculata (Wight & Arn.) Lobr.-Callen) Though I have not seen Cassine paniculata yet, to make a comment, but the posted plant seems to match well with Celastrus paniculatus…. This is beyond doubt Celastrus paniculatus. The images attached with your mail are of Celastrus paniculatus. In Cassine the leaves are opposite or subopposite. Celastrus paniculatus.
help me id this climber
flowers fragrant
leaves : alternate
place : Kolhapur MH
Date : 23rd April2015 This is Celastrus paniculatus Yes Celastrus paniculatus is presently flowering at many places around Pune too.
Celastrus paniculatus So, not a tree. Thank you for the correction, .. I have confused Celastrus for a tree many times. Often such plants are described as climbing shrubs.
I have yet to know the fine differences between this term and the term climber.
Not a tree though Yes sir, thank you once again. Celastrus the world over is a climber, prolific, and develops interesting fruits, with descendent capsule when really ripe revealing a red berry inside.
seeds of this celastrus from india is Jyotishmati, imp food for brain, i understand its oil is used.
twigs with the dehiscent fruits and red berries, are an interesting fall to winter brightener of indoor flower pots when everything else is dead and brown, In usa a popular thing to find on walks in the woods and bring home some color. But that celastrus is a vine much disliked because it chokes its supporting tree, in australia its burned i think whenever found.
Please check C.paniculatus in the link These are female flowers. Celastrus paniculatus, and I think most species of Celastrus are dioecious. Dioecious plants have male (staminate) flowers on one plant, and female (pistillate) flowers on another plant. The stamens are not completely absent, or usually slightly reduced in size in the female flowers. In the link by … below the flowers are typically male flowers with a reduced pistil. Yes it appears to be Celastrus paniculata (malkangni) Thank you … for the information. Now I understand why I never saw any fruit on that plant of C.paniculata.
TSP-MAY2016-44-372:Images of Celastrus paniculatus (Celastraceae) : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
It is my pleasure to present a few images of Celastrus paniculatus (Celastraceae) Habit: A large woody climber Habitat: Wild, Evergreen forest. Sighting: Kottigehara, Chikmagalur, about 1000 msl Date: 28-11-2015 Very good fruit photo.
The typical acuminate tip of the good quality leaf is lacking here. I am sure you will capture it next time … Thanks … I will definitely take some more pics with more diagnostic features.
PM 28-05-2018 Plant id from Sukhna Wildlife Sanctury, Chandigarh : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7)
Habit- A large woody climber with Panicle type of inflorescence Habitat- Wild found growing along a water reservoir
Locality- Sukhna wildlife sanctury, Kansal Range, Chandigarh 26-07-2018 Please check for Celastrus paniculata (Celastraceae). Yes it is matching with C.paniculata
Please help identify climber-Clicked 17-May-2018. : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)
Please help identify climber in attached pictures.
Clicked on 17-May-2018. It is in Mumbai. Seems someone planted it one or two years back. Celastrus paniculatus Willd. [Celastraceae].                 
liana – efloraofindia | Google Groups . Climber for ID : Nasik : 26SEP21 : AK – 045: 4 images.
Climber seen in Nasik yesterday (26.9.21) with orange berries. Bad pictures due to low light and taken from a distance.
Is this some Smilax Species? Must be Celastrus paniculatus Willd. but images are not so clear ! Yes it’s Celastrus paniculatus, . Celastrus paniculatus Willd.: 7 very high res. images. Location: Surkhet, West Nepal
Altitude: 370m.
Date: 28 August 2021
Habit : Wild . Small Tree For ID : Nasik : 10MAY22 : AK – 02: 4 images. Are you sure it is a tree? Do you think it is a woody climber growing on the tree, whose name was given as Bondara? Pl. post high res. images to check the details. It does look like it is a climber.
Celastrus paniculatus, I think
3 very high res. images. Yes, Celastrus paniculatus, to me also. . Identification help!: 4 images. Please review the photos and help me to identify.
Location : Mhatoba tekdi, Pune, Maharashtra.
Habit: Tree
Date: 07/04/23
observation : all the leaves where folded when seen at evening. Celastrus paniculatus Yes, appears close to images at , SK 3841 16 August 2023: 9 high res. images. Location: Jajarkot Road, West Nepal
Date: 30 May 2023
Elevation 800m.
Habit : Wild Celastrus paniculatus .
Celastraceae: Celastrus paniculatus Willd.: 1 image.
location/date: Jabalpur Distr., Madhya Pradesh, October 1994 . References:
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