Nothapodytes nimmoniana (J.Graham) Mabb.
- 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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