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Celastraceae (staff vine or bittersweet family) »
Celastrus paniculatus see-LAS-trus -- from the ancient Greek kelastros, the name of another tree pan-ick-yoo-LAY-tus or pan-ick-yoo-LAH-tus -- referring to the flower clusters (panicles) commonly known as: 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 Native to: India, China, Sri Lanka, south-east Asia References:
Flowers of India •
Sahyadri Database •
ENVIS - FRLHT •
eFlora. Date: 1 May 2012, 13:05. Source:
Celastrus. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India. Camera location
18° 39′ 49.19″ N, 73° 28′ 19.1″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 18.663663; 73.471972.