Move your mouse over image to enlarge. Barcode: CAL0000003603 Family: CELASTRACEAE Scientific Name: Celastrus paniculatus Willd. Uses: The bark of the plant is utilized in abortifacient. The seeds of the plant is employed as aphrodisiac and tonic. A fatty oil which made from the plant is used as a nerve stimulant, brain tonic and inrheumatic pains. An alkaloid- Celastrine,is also obtained from the seeds since Cekastrube being stimulant is especially manifest in the brain and is not followed by a secondary depression. By the distillation of seeds a black empyreumatic oil-Oleum Nig
