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

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• 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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