10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 6 Issue 1 2015 (January - March) To evaluate the preliminary phytochemical and anti-inflammatory activities of various extracts of lessThan i greaterThan Morinda umbellata lessThan /i greaterThan . lessThan i greaterThan Morinda umbellata lessThan /i greaterThan (Family-Rubiaceae) commonly known as Ney-Valli in Malayalam, found in Southern Western Ghats. The present study aimed at preliminary evaluation of phytochemical and anti- inflammatory study of ethanol and aqueous extracts of Morinda umbellata by in vitro HRBC membrane stabilizing activity. Ethanol and aqueous extracts of lessThan i greaterThan Morinda umbellata lessThan /i greaterThan were found to have significant anti-inflammatory activity. The ethanol and aqueous extract of lessThan i greaterThan Morinda umbellata lessThan /i greaterThan showed potent anti-inflammatory activity when comparing with the standard drug Indomethacin, perhaps due to the presence of secondary metabolites like alkaloids, steroids, flavonoids, phenols and saponins.  J.N. DHARSANA AND DR. SR. MOLLY MATHEW Morinda umbellata, Rubiaceae, Anti-inflammatory, HRBC membrane stabilization. 349-353