Celastrus paniculatus Willd.

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Willdenow, C.L. (July 1798), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 1(2): 1125

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Du Puy, D.J. (1993), Celastraceae. Flora of Australia 50: 258-260, Figs 44A-C, 50
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  Du Puy, D.J. (1993), Celastraceae. Flora of Australia 50: 258-260, Figs 44A-C, 50
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Etymology

Refers to the paniculate inflorescence.

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Description

Scandent shrub 2–10 m high; branchlets with conspicuous, pale lenticels. Leaves: lamina elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 5–9 cm long, cuneate to rounded at base, crenate margin, acuminate to obtuse at apex; petiole 0.5–1.5 cm long. Panicles 5–15 cm long, terminal, often on short, lateral shoots, pendulous; pedicels 2 mm long. Calyx lobes c. 1 mm long. Petals oblong, 2.5–3 mm long, obtuse, yellowish green. Disc cupular. Stamens c. 3 mm long in male flowers. Style columnar; stigma 3- or 6-lobed in female flowers. Capsule depressed-globose, 7–8 mm long, 3-angled, with 3 broadly elliptic valves which spread open exposing 3–6 yellowish brown seeds with bright red arils.

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Biostatus

Probably native.

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Distribution

Occurs on Christmas Island. Distributed from India and S China through Indo-China and Malesia (except Borneo) to New Caledonia and the Philippines.

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Habitat

On Christmas Island, occurs on terraces to c. 200 m alt.

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Ecology

The seed is dispersed by birds which are attracted by the red aril.

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Representative Herbarium Specimens

Ch.Is.: Rocky Point, C.W. Andrews s.n. (K); cliff edge overlooking golf course, D.J. & B.P. Du Puy CI24 (CBG, K); Smith Point, B.A. Mitchell 130 (CBG, K); terraces, D.A. Powell 283 (K).

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Illustrations

R. Wight, Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 1: t. 158 (1839); P.F. Fyson, The Flora of the Nilgiri and Pulney Hill-tops 2: 63 (1915); Ding Hou, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 2: 230, fig. 3 (1955); A.S. George et al. (eds), Flora of Australia 50: 259, fig. 44A–C; 326, fig. 50 (1993); J. Claussen, Native Plants of Christmas Island 66 (2005).

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Bibliography

Claussen, J. (2005). Native Plants of Christmas Island. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series No. 22. (Australian Biological Resources Study: Canberra / Christmas Island Natural History Association).

Du Puy, D.J. (1993). Celastraceae, in A.S. George et al. (eds), Flora of Australia 50: 258–260. (Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra).

Long, D.G. (1991). Celastraceae, in Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., Flora of Bhutan 2(1): 111–124. (Royal Botanic Garden: Edinburgh).

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Source

Published 24 September 2021. Adapted from Du Puy (1993).

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Last updated: Unknown; Feb 29, 2024 12:39 Status: Partial

Author - D.J. Du Puy

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Cite this profile as: D.J. Du Puy. Celastrus paniculatus, in P.G. Kodela (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Celastrus%20paniculatus [Date Accessed: 19 September 2025]