Naregamia alata Wight & Arn.
- Family: Meliaceae
- Vernacular names: Nilanaragam, Nilanarai, നിലനാരകം, നിലനാരായി (Malayalam), Goanese (English), Amlavalli (Sanskrit), Nilanarakam (Tamil)
- Distribution: Endemic to Peninsular India
- Description: Woody herbs. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets obovate, laterals oblique, base cuneate, margins entire to serrate, apex obtuse. Flowers white, axillary, solitary. Capsule ovoid to subglobose, 3-valved; seeds curved, truncate at both ends.
- Habit: Herb
- Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Flowering & Fruiting: August-December
- Parts used: Root, stem and leaves
- Properties & Uses: Emetic, expectorant, cooling and vulnerary. Roots are used in acute dysentery, chronic bronchitis, asthma, biliousness and ulcers. Leaves and stem decoction are used to treat biliousness.
- Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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