Latin Name: Celastrus paniculata

Indian Name: Malkangni

Habitat : Hilly Districts, Himalayas and Ceylon.

Useful in: Improve memory by medhya guna. Ushna property enhances grasping power. Cow's ghee & Jyotishmati oil mixture is used as a memory enhancer. It is a medha rasayani.

Celastrus paniculata is famed for its effects on the brain cells and was traditionally used for sharpening the memory and increasing intellect.

Reference: Dravyagunvignyan, (Vaidya V M Gogte), Page 378. Nadkarni P. 29(a) OIL. Sharpens memory & intellects; (b) Seed: Nervine Brain Cleaner & believed to promote intelligence.