Celastrus paniculatus Malabar Creeper Jyotishmati Malkangani Jyothismathi Bavanthi beeja

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Celastrus paniculatus

Scientific Name and Description

Celastrus paniculatus Willd

Herb Family

Celastraceae

Plant type

Climber

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi	jangli-mali, kangni kavela, kangni-kavela, mal-kangni, mal-kangni-ke-binj, malakanguni, mali, malkagni, malkakni, malkamni, malkangani, malkangni, malkauni, malkungi, malkunki, sandhran, sankheran, sankhiran, sankhiren, Malkangni, Jyotishmati
Kannada	bhavanga beeja, gangunde kaayi, gangunga hambu, gangura hambu, gavana gonge, gavanagonge, gavunagange, gavungongi, gavungonki, gavunki, gonge balli, gongi, gungange balli, gungunge balli, kaareganne hambu, kaaregavana, kangali, kangammana balli, kangli, kangondi, kangondi balli, kangondiballi, kangonge, karegavane, kari ganne, kari gavane, kariganne, karigonne, kowri yeradu balli, maala kanguni
Malayalam	ceruppunna, palulavam, paluzhavam, valulavam, valuzhuva
Marathi	kaakamardanika, kakundalithida, kamgoni, kangoni, maalkangani, maalkangoni, malkangoni, pigavi, Malkanguni
Sanskrit	agnibhasa, agnidipta, agnimasha, alavana, amruta, avega, dipta, durjara, durmada, gatida, ingudi, jio, joytishmati, jyotishka, jyotishlata, jyotishmati, jyotiskaphala, jyotismati, kakamardanika, kakandaki, kakandi, kanguni, kangunika, katabhi, katavira, katumbhi, kinshuka, lagana, lavana, medhya, nishphala, paravatanghri, paravatapadi, pidya, pinya, pitataila, putitaila, sphutabandhani, supingala, sutaina, suvarnalatika, suvarnanakuli, swarnalata, tahnirusi, tejasvini, tejavati, tishmati, triparni, vanhiruchi, vega, Jyotishmati
Tamil	acuvalakkal, adibaricham, alankankanam, amuttirakali, ankolakkanni, appakam, atipari-chcham, atipariccam, atiparich-cham, atipatican, atipaticcam, atipaticcankam, cakinitam, campavaluki, carasvati, cilantikam, cinnavaluluvai, ciruvaluluvai, cotikam, cotimayam, cotimpam, cotiyam, cottiyam, cunacanam, cunicam, cunicanam, cuyotispati, jotimayam, kacappi, kaciram1, kagodagi, kakotaki, kakotarici, kalambam, kaligam, kalikam, kankuni, kapam, kapampam, kapampokki, kappam, katampam, katapi, kativiranakari, kattanci, kirimikkini, kirumikkundram, kirumikkunram, kukkalati, kungiligam, kunkilikam, kuvangundal, kuvari, kuvarikuntal, makacani, makacu etam, makacuvecam, makacuvetam, makaravetikamaticakkini, matipaccam, matipaticcam, mattimaccam, natumatirai, pamatam, pantunacani, paravatam, parvatam m, malganguni, malkankani, paticcam, peymiratti malkankuni, mallakam, mannai, pukalappal, pulappakal, pulippakal, punarpakal, puppakam, siruvaluluvai, tanicai, tanti, tecavati, tipaccam, tipati, tipaticam, tiripatam, turukkanati, vaaluluvai, vakuntimatam,valuluvaiyarici, valuluvari, valuluwai, valuzhuvai, vantiyam, vakuntumatam, val, valukai, valulurai, valuluvai, vetam, virocani valuluvai, yapatam, yarpatam, yatukam, Vattalai
Telugu	baavanji, baavunji, bavanji, bavungie, bavunji, bhavunji, erikata, erikatha, erileta, erukata, gandumida, gundu-mida, gundumaeda, gundumeda, jyothishmathi, maayalerikatha, maayaleruthige, mala-eri-kata, malaerikata, malkanguni, malkanguni-vittulu, maneru, manirtheega, mayalaerikata, mayalerukata, mayalerutige, odur, palleruthivva, pallerutiva, pallerutivva, theega paaleru, yarikatha, yerilata
Tibetan	dzo ti sma ti
Urdu	malkangni, roghan mal kangni
Common name	Malabar Creeper, black oil plant, climbing staff tree, intellect tree
Ayurveda	Jyotishmati
Bengali	Jyotishmati

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Tibetan

Folk

Sowa Rigpa

Herb usable parts

Roots

Bark

Leaves

Flowers

Fruits

Seeds

Oil

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Celastrus paniculatus Willd.

Habit - Climber

Parts used - Flowers, leaves, root, seed, bark, seed oil

Application - Used as nerve stimulant and brain tonic; wound; body pain; insect bite; leucorrhea; digestive stimulant; edible; aphrodisiac; burning sensation; itching due to impure blood

Treatment - General; women

References - Bhat et al. 2014, Reddy et al. 2008, Rao et al. 2006, Sharma et al. 2013