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Celastrus paniculatus Willd. syn. C. multiflorus Roxb. (Celastraceae) is a hardy shrub that grows in a wide variety of climates and environments (Krishnamurthy 1993). The plant is native to the Indian continent but is known to grow wildly in Australia, China, Taiwan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam as well as in many of the Pacific islands (Singh et al. 1996).
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Saroya, A.S., Singh, J. (2018). Neuropharmacology of Celastrus paniculatus Willd.. In: Pharmacotherapeutic Potential of Natural Products in Neurological Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0289-3_12
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