✿Meliaceae · Naregamia
Pitmari / Goanese Ipecac
Naregamia alata
Undershrub
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- August-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Naregamia alata
- Genus
- Naregamia
- Family
- Meliaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Puducherry
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pitmari itself; the rest are typical of the Meliaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- White/creamrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pitmari itself; the rest are typical of the Meliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- पित्तमारी Pitmari, तीनपर्णी Tinparni
- Kannada
- ನೆಲಬೇವು Nelabevu, ನೆಲಕಂಚಿ Nela kanchi, ನೆಲಹೇರಿಳೆ Nela herile
- Malayalam
- നിലനാരകം Nilanarakam, നിലനാരകം
About Pitmari
Goanese Ipecac (Naregamia alata) is a low shrub in the Meliaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 3 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from August to December.
Botanical family
Meliaceae
Mahogany/Neem family
Pitmari belongs to the Meliaceae family.
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