Celastraceae

Oriental bittersweet

Celastrus paniculatus Willd.

Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Celastrus

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Common names

By language (10)

arz: سيلاستروس بانيكولاتوس
Chinese: 多花滇南蛇藤, 滇南蛇藤, 灯油藤, 燈油藤, 圆锥南蛇藤, 圆锥花南蛇藤根, 小黄果, 打油果
English: Oriental bittersweet
Hindi: सेलास्ट्रस पैनिकुलटस
Kannada: ಕಂಗೊಂದಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ
Malayalam: കിളിതീനിപ്പഞ്ഞി
Marathi: मालकांगोणी
Spanish: Calastrus panicaltus
Telugu: జ్యోతిష్మతి, మాల్కంకిణి
Thai: กระทงลาย

Synonyms

Alsodeia glabra Burgersd.
Catha paniculata (Willd.) Scheidw.
Ceanothus paniculatus Roth
Celastrus euphlebiphyllus (Hayata) Kaneh.
Rinorea glabra (Burgersd.) Kuntze
Scutia paniculata (Willd.) G.Don

Characteristics

Growth habit: Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.