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Celastrus paniculatus is a woody liana commonly known as black oil plant, climbing staff tree, and intellect tree (Sanskrit: jyotishmaticite-ref-1[1] ज्योतीष्मती, Hindi: mal-kangni माल-कांगनी, Chinese: deng you teng 灯油藤).cite-ref-premila2006-2-0[2]cite-ref-macmillan1989-3-0[3]cite-ref-putz1991-4-0[4] This climbing shrub grows throughout India at elevations up to 1,800 m (5,900 ft).cite-ref-premila2006-2-1[2]cite-ref-zhang-5-0[5]

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.cite-ref-premila2006-2-2[2]cite-ref-macmillan1989-3-1[3]

• Traditional medicine

• Poisonous relative

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Oil from the seeds is used as a traditional medicine in Indian Unani and Ayurvedic medicine.cite-ref-premila2006-2-3[2]cite-ref-chopra-6-0[6]

Celastrus paniculatus has a relative that grows in the United States that is poisonous (Celastrus orbiculatus), so identifying this plant carefully can be important.

cite-note-11. ↑ "Intellect Plant Benefits And Uses: 4 Ayurvedic Benefits And Harm Of Jyotishmati". 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-02-16.

cite-note-premila2006-22. ↑ citerefpremila-m-s-2006Premila, 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.

cite-note-macmillan1989-33. ↑ citerefh-f-macmillan1989H. F. Macmillan (1989). Handbook of Tropical Plants. Columbia, Mo: South Asia Books. ISBN 978-81-7041-177-2.

cite-note-putz1991-44. ↑ citerefputz-francis-e-mooney-harold-a-1991Putz, Francis E.; Mooney, Harold A. (1991). The Biology of vines. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-39250-1.

cite-note-zhang-55. ↑ Zhixiang Zhang, Michele Funston: Celastrus, in Flora of China, Vol. 11

cite-note-chopra-66. ↑ citerefchopra1994Chopra, R. N. (1994). Indigenous Drugs of india. Kolkata: Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-81-85086-80-4.

• citerefcaldecott2006Caldecott, 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.

• citerefbhanumathyharishshivaprasadsushma2010Bhanumathy, 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.