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
