Nothapodytes nimmoniana

Family: Icacinaceae
Vernacular names: Peenari, Pulippacha, പീനാറി, പുലിപ്പച്ച (Malayalam), Arali, Perumpulki (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia and China
Description: Small trees. Leaves simple, alternate. Flowers bisexual, creamy yellow, in terminal pubescent corymbose cymes or panicles. Fruit a drupe, ellipsoid, blackish-purple; seed glabrous.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Moist deciduous, evergreen and shola forests
Flowering & Fruiting: June-September

Parts used: Heartwood
Properties & Uses: An alkaloid from the wood is used for the treatment of cancer. The drug obtained from the plant is used to cure mental illness, skin diseases, tuberculosis, diabetes, jaundice, hypertension and cancer.
Systems of Medicines: Folk, Modern,
Conservation Status: Vulnerable.
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