Species

Celastrus paniculatus Willd.

Synonyms

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Family

Celastraceae

Vernacular Name

Malkanguni, Kadukanguni, Pingwel, Kangali, Jyotishmati

Trade Name

Malkanguni, Karadkanguni

Taxonomic status

Species

Habit

Scadent shrub – Linna

Forest Type

Microhabitat

Dry & Moist deciduous forests

Road cuttings, Riverbanks, Rocky soils

Original Global distribution

Indo Malaya, China, Australia, North America

Regional distribution (Maharashtra)

Throughout Maharashtra

Elevation

0 – 1100 meters

Extent of Occurrence (EOO)

> 20000 km2

Area of Occupancy (AOO)

> 2000 km2

No. of  locations

>10

Generation time

5 years

Population trends - % decline

<10 %

Time / Rate (Yrs./ Generation)

3 generations

Population distribution

Contiguous

Data Quality

General field studies & Literature

Recent field studies

Naik V.N. (1970-2000) Marathwada, Challare (1980-2000) Marathwada, Jadav Guruji (1980-20000 Western Maharashtra

Patil S.H.  (1996-2000) Khandesh, Yadav S.S.  (1992-2000) Satpuda ranges, Upadhye (1985-2000) Western Maharashtra

Jadhav C.R. (1995-2000) Bhimashankar, Chauhan V.S. (1999-2000) Khandavi Dam

Threats

L – Loss of habitat, Hm – Harvest for medicine

Other comments

Seeds are harvested and used for ornamentation.

Status: IUCN

LC- Least Concern

Criteria based on

Not applicable

CITES

No

Presence in Protected Areas

Yes

Research Recommendations

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Management Recommendations

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Cultivation Recommendations

Level of difficulty

Level 3

Least difficult

Sources

Flora of Marathwada, V.N.Naik

Flora of Maharashtra, M.R. Almeida

Flora of Maharashtra, Dicotyledons, N.P.Singh & S. Karthikeyan, Flora of Nagpur, Ugemuge

Flora of Nasik, P. Lakshminarasimhan & B.D. Sharma

Flora of Akola, S.Y.Kamble & S.G.Pradhan

Flora of Yavatmal, S. Kartikeyan & Anand Kumar

Flora of Buldhana, P.G. Diwakar & B.D. Sharma

Flora of Melghat, Dhore & Joshi

Flora of Chandrapur, S. K. Mahotra & S. Moorthy

Compilers

Challare B., Chaudhary C., Jadhav Guruji, Jagtap S., Khankane, Kulkarni M., Naik V., Patil S., Pawara C., Prasad V., Ravikumar K., Reddy, Upadhye A., Vartak V., Yadav S.