Celastrus paniculatus
| Celastrus paniculatus | |
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| Fruits | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Celastrus |
| Species: | C. paniculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Celastrus paniculatus Willd. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Celastrus dependens Wall. | |
Celastrus paniculatus is a woody liana commonly known as black oil plant, climbing staff tree, and intellect tree (Sanskrit: jyotishmati ज्योतीष्मती, Hindi: Mal-kangani माल-कांगनी, Chinese: deng you teng 灯油藤).[1][2][3] The plant grows throughout India at elevations up to 1800 m.[1][4] Oil from the seeds is used as a traditional medicine in Indian Unani and Ayurvedic medicine.[1][5]
C. paniculatus is a deciduous vine with stems up to 10 centimeters in diameter and 6 meters 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.[1][2] C. paniculatus is a climbing shrub found throughout India.
Potential pharmacology
The seeds contain fatty acids and alkaloids, and have sedative and antidepressant actions. In Ayurvedic medicine, the seeds are used to sharpen the memory and the seed oil is used as a tonic for memory loss. These activities may be due to its neuroprotective actions.[6] A study in rats suggested that the aqueous extract of C. paniculatus seed has dose-dependent cholinergic activity, thereby improving rodent memory performance.[7]
US Relative
Celastrus paniculatus has a relative that grows in the United States that is poisonous, so it is important to identify this plant carefully.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Premila, M. S. (2006). Ayurvedic Herbs: A Clinical Guide to the Healing Plants of Traditional Indian Medicine. New York: Haworth Press. ISBN 0-7890-1768-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 H. F. Macmillan (1989). Handbook of Tropical Plants. Columbia, Mo: South Asia Books. ISBN 81-7041-177-7.
- ↑ Putz, Francis E.; Mooney, Harold A. (1991). The Biology of vines. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-39250-0.
- ↑ Zhixiang Zhang, Michele Funston: Celastrus, in Flora of China, Vol. 11
- ↑ Chopra, R. N. Indigenous Drugs of india. Kolkata: Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-81-85086-80-4.
- ↑ A study published in the August 2004 issue of the "Journal of Ethnopharmacology"
- ↑ Bhanumathy M. Harish MS. Shivaprasad HN. Sushma G (2010). "Nootropic activity of Celastrus paniculatus seed". Pharmaceutical Biology 48 (3): 324–7. doi:10.3109/13880200903127391. PMID 20645820.
External links
- Caldecott, Todd (2006). Ayurveda: The Divine Science of Life. Elsevier/Mosby. ISBN 0-7234-3410-7. Contains a detailed monograph on Celastrus paniculatus (Jyotishmati) as well as a discussion of health benefits and usage in clinical practice.
- Bhanumathy, 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.
- Kanti Rekha, M K Bhan, S S Balyan and A K Dhar: Cultivation prospects of endangered species Celastrus paniculatus Willd.
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