കാട്ടുനാരകം

Limonia crenulata Roxb 

syn :Narangi crenulata,

Hesperethusa crenulata.

Rutaceae

ചെറിയ കാട്ടുനാരകം, നരിനാരകം, മലനാരകം

Local names : 

Malayalam: Kattunarakam, Malanarakam, Narinarakam, Cheriyakuttunaregam

Common in south and central  Western Ghats .Understorey trees in evergreen forests up to 1200 m.

Habit : Trees up to 8 m tall.

Leaves compound, imparipinnate, to 15 cm long, alternate, spiral ,rachis with oblanceolate wings, glabrous.

 leaflets 5-7, opposite, sessile , elliptic to obovate, apex emarginate or obtuse, base acute, margin crenulate .

Young branchlets , glabrous and thorny.

Trunk with branched thorns; bark dark grey, smooth, yellowish.

Flowers : pedicel 1 cm long,  Inflorescence axillary subumbellate.

Fruit& seed : Berry, globose; seeds 1-4. Size 5mm

 Medicinal uses

Traditionally the root extract is used for vomiting, dysentery and colic disorders. Fruit decoction is used as an antidote to insect poison. The bark juice is applied externally for getting speedy relief in sprain.