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Family: Celastraceae	Genus: Celastrus	Species: Celastrus paniculata Willd.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Celastrus nutans Roxb., Celastrus metzianus Turcz	Flower Color	Greenish
Common Name	black oil plant, climbing staff tree, and intellect tree	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Black oil plant	Flowering Period	Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name	Malkangni	Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	Upto 1800- 2000 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Climber	Fruit Details	Capsule yellow, globose or obovoid, 7-8 mm across, 3-valved, 3-6-seede. Seed red arilled.
Habitat	generally found in warm and tropical condition	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous Forest, also cultivated throughout India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, South China, Malaysia to Australia, New Caledonia.	Bark Details	Rough, pale brown exfoliating bark covered densely with small, elongated lenticles
Distribution in chandigarh	Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Obovate
Description of Species	Scrambling or climbing shrub; branches long, lanticellate. Leaves obovate, elliptic or oblong, 3.5-15 ×2.5-8 cm, serrulate, shortly abruptly acuminate, glabrous or puberulous above, pubescent beneath especially along the nerves, base acute to rounded; petiole 0.6-1.2 cm; stipules minute, deciduous. Panicels 5-15 cm; bracts minute. Flowers yellowish or greenish, 3 mm across; pedicels 1.5-2 mm long. Sepals orbicular, erose. Petals ovate-oblong, obtuse. Capsule yellow, globose or obovoid, 7-8 mm across, 3-valved, 3-6-seede. Seed red arilled.	Leaf Details	Leaves obovate, elliptic or oblong, 3.5-15 ×2.5-8 cm, serrulate, shortly abruptly acuminate, glabrous or puberulous above, pubescent beneath especially along the nerves, base acute to rounded; petiole 0.6-1.2 cm; stipules minute, deciduous. Panicels 5-15 cm; bracts minute.

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