| Author : Willd |
| Family : Celastraceae |
| Habit: Climbing shrub |
| Sanskrit: Jyotishmati, Pitataila |
| English:Climbing staff plant, Black oil plant, Intellect plant |
A large, woody, twining shrub, with prominently lenticelled, brown bark, ovate-oblong, elliptic or obovate leaves, small greenish-yellow flowers, male and female separate, in terminal, pendulous panicles and yellow, globose capsules containing 1-6 yellowish or reddish-brown, ellipsoid or ovoid seeds enclosed in scarlet aril.
Bark, leaves, seeds, root, wood
antidote for opium poisoning, dysentery, abdominal disorders, leprosy, skin diseases, paralysis, asthma, leucoderma, cardiac debility, inflammation, fever, scabies, wounds, eczema, paralysis, beri-beri, sores, pneumonia, swollen veins
celapagine, celapanigine, celapanine, celastrol, celastrine, paniculatine, malkanguniol, malkangunin, paniculatadiol, β-amyrin, β-sitosterol, 5-stigmasten-3β-ol, pristimerin, malkanguni oil, malkanguniol, malkangunin, celapanine, celapanigine, triterpene diol, paniculatadiol, fatty acids