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Scientific classification 
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| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/CelastrusC. paniculatus
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Celastrus dependens <small>Wall.</small> | |
Celastrus paniculatus is a woody liana commonly known as black oil plant, climbing staff tree, and intellect tree (Sanskrit: jyotishmati<ref>"Intellect Plant Benefits And Uses: 4 Ayurvedic Benefits And Harm Of Jyotishmati". 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-02-16.</ref> ज्योतीष्मती, Hindi: mal-kangni माल-कांगनी, Chinese: deng you teng 灯油藤).<ref name="Premila2006">Premila, M. S. (2006). Ayurvedic Herbs: A Clinical Guide to the Healing Plants of Traditional Indian Medicine. New York: Haworth Press. ISBN 978-0-7890-1768-0.</ref><ref name="Macmillan1989">H. F. Macmillan (1989). Handbook of Tropical Plants. Columbia, Mo: South Asia Books. ISBN 978-81-7041-177-2.</ref><ref name="Putz1991">Putz, Francis E.; Mooney, Harold A. (1991). The Biology of vines. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-39250-1.</ref> This climbing shrub grows throughout India at elevations up to 1,800 m (5,900 ft).<ref name="Premila2006" /><ref name="zhang">Zhixiang Zhang, Michele Funston: Celastrus, in Flora of China, Vol. 11</ref>
C. paniculatus is a deciduous vine with stems up to 10 cm (3.9 in) in diameter and 6 m (20 ft) long with rough, pale brown exfoliating bark covered densely with small, elongated lenticles. The leaves are simple, broad, and oval, obovate or elliptic in shape, with toothed margins.<ref name="Premila2006" /><ref name="Macmillan1989" />
Traditional medicine
Oil from the seeds is used as a traditional medicine in Indian Unani and Ayurvedic medicine.<ref name="Premila2006" /><ref name="Chopra">Chopra, R. N. (1994). Indigenous Drugs of india. Kolkata: Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-81-85086-80-4.<!--| accessdate = 2010-10-23 --></ref>
Poisonous relative
Celastrus paniculatus has a relative that grows in the United States that is poisonous (Celastrus orbiculatus), so identifying this plant carefully can be important.
References
External links
- Caldecott, Todd (2006). Ayurveda: The Divine Science of Life. Elsevier/Mosby. ISBN 978-0-7234-3410-8. Contains a detailed monograph on Celastrus paniculatus (Jyotishmati) as well as a discussion of health benefits and usage in clinical practice.
- Bhanumathy, M.; Harish, M. S.; Shivaprasad, H. N.; Sushma, G. (Mar 2010). "Nootropic activity of Celastrus paniculatus seed". Pharmaceutical Biology. 48 (3): 324–7. doi:10.3109/13880200903127391. PMID 20645820. S2CID 26602192.
- Kanti Rekha, M K Bhan, S S Balyan and A K Dhar: Cultivation prospects of endangered species Celastrus paniculatus Willd.