MALKANGANI

Malkangni

The plant with many herbal  and therapeutic uses

Part Used: FRUITS/SEEDS

Botanical Name: Celastrus paniculatus

English Name: Staff tree

Sanskrit / Indian Name: MalKangani / Jyotishmati

Part Used: FRUITS/SEEDS

Botanical Name: Celastrus paniculatus

English Name: Staff tree

Sanskrit / Indian Name: Malkangni / Jyotishmati

Introduction: Malkangani (Hindi: मालकंगनी)

Jyotishmati / Malkangani - Staff-tree (Celastrus paniculatus)

Celastraceae (staff vine or bittersweet family) Celastrus paniculatus

See-LAS-trus - comes from the ancient Greek kelastros, the name of another tree.

Pan-ick-yoo-LAY-tus or pan-ick-yoo-LAH-tus - refers to the flower clusters (panicles).

It is commonly known as: black-oil plant, celastrus, oriental bittersweet, intellect tree, staff tree. In different regional languages it is known differently:-

1.   Bengali: kijri, malkangani

2.   Gujarati: માલકંગના malkangana

3.   Hindi: मालकंगनी malkangani

4.   Kannada: ಭವಮ್ಗ bhavamga, ಜೊತಿಷ್ಮತಿ jotishmati, ಕರಿಗನ್ನೇ kariganne, ಕೊಉಗಿಲು kougilu

5.   Konkani: माळकांगोणी malkangoni

6.   Marathi: कांगुणी kanguni, माळकांगोणी malkangoni

7.   Oriya: korsana, pengu

8.   Sanskrit: अलवण alavan, ज्योतिषमति jyotishmati, कन्गु kangu

9.   Tamil: குவரிகுண்டல் kuvarikuntal, மண்ணைக்கட்டி mannai-k-katti, வாலுளுவை valuluvai

10.  Telugu: కాసరతీగె kasara-tige, మానెరు maneru

11.  Urdu: کنگني مال malkanguni

Native to: India, China, Sri Lanka, and south-east Asia

Celastrus paniculatus is a shrub used in Ayurdevic medicine in India.  Various properties are attributed to the aerial parts of the plant, but we will deal here primarily with the seeds and the oil expressed from them. Celastrus paniculatus oil is cold-pressed raw herbal oil expressed from the Malkangni/Intellect Tree seeds of Celastrus panuculatis, a shrub native to India.   While Celastrus oil has been used in India for centuries it is only within the past few years that it has started to become known outside of Ayurvedic medicine, the traditional medicinal practice of India.

1.   The oil is used to increase memory and facilitate learning.

2.   It induces a feeling of well-being and has reported aphrodisiac effects.

The oil in its raw state has a shelf life of 2 years if kept in a cool and dark place such as a refrigerator. When put into softgels the shelf life can be expected to be much longer, on the order of four years if kept in a dark and refrigerated state.

Oil Chemical Composition:

The oil contains protein,   carbohydrates (less than 1 calorie per dose), fats (saturated fats: .022 of 1%, polyunsaturated fats: .035 of 1%, monounsaturated fats: .032 of 1%) Vitamin C, Sodium, Potassium, ash, Calcium, Iron, and Sesqiterpene polyesters.

Uses of Malkangni:

1.   Celastrus paniculata is a treasured medicinal herb that is revered for its effects on the brain and has been used for centuries in Ayurveda for sharpening the memory, increasing intellect, and improving concentration.

2.   The seed oil is used for massage with great benefit, especially in vata diseases like sciatica, lumbago, paralysis, arthritis and facial palsy.

3.   The seed oil is useful to hasten the healing in nonhealing wounds and ulcers.

4.   Essential for acne, boils, eczema and hair loss.

5.   Excellent pain reliever Relieves pain

The seed oil is extremely beneficial as a sirovirecana cleansing nasal therapy, wherein the drops instilled into nostrils, ward off mucous secretions in colds and cough.

Habitat:

It grows almost all over India, up to attitude of 1,800 meter Specially Punjab, Kashmir etc. hilly state. It is also found SriLanka, Malaya deep and Philippines.  Globally the species occurs in the tropical and subtropical regions of India, Myanmar (earlier Burma), China, Malaysia, SriLanka and Philippines and also in North America. Within India, it occurs in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.

The leaf and seed of Jyotismati is used in the form of powder and oil to treat udara roga, wound, sidhma, drowsiness in fever and amenorrhoea and many Skin diseases.

Morphology Description:

Malkagni is a large, woody, climbing shrub. The leaves are ovate oblong-elliptic, the flowers are unisexual, small greenish white or yellowish green, the capsules are globose, yellow 1-6 seeded and transversely wrinkled, the seeds are ellipsoid or ovoid, yellowish or reddish-brown in color enclosed in scarlet aril, which stains yellowish orange.

Chemical Composition: 

The seeds yield brownish yellow oil 52.2% with an unpleasant taste. This oil is reported to contain acetic acids & benzoic acids in addition to the higher amount of the fatty acids.

 

 

Application:

The oil of Malkagini locally act as a good analgesic, anti-inflammatory it overcome pain and inflammation in case of paralysis, facial paralysis, joint pains, sciatica, lumber pain etc.

Ayurveda recognizes its seeds as an effective nervine tonic. Its use is recommended in chronic debilitating diseases of nervous system. The seeds possess emetic, diaphoretic, febrifugal and Nervine properties and are used for sharpening the memory & learning abilities. 

 

Effect on Doshas – Pacifies Vata & Kapha, Promotes Pitta. 

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