THE TITLE COMPOUND (TRIVIAL NAME: angustoline monohydrate), C(20)H(17)N(3)O(2)·H(2)O, features a fused-ring system formed by one five- and four six-membered rings. The nearly planar benzimidazole portion (r.m.s. deviation = 0.008 Å) and the nearly planar 2,7-naphthyridin-1-one portion (r.m.s. deviation = 0.022 Å) of the fused-ring system are slightly twisted, with a dihedral angle of 9.47 (8)°, owing to the tetra-hedral nature of the two methyl-ene linkages in the central six-membered ring. The secondary N atom acts as a hydrogen-bond donor to the water molecule of crystallization. In the crystal, the amino and hy-droxy groups, and the water mol-ecule are engaged in hydrogen bonding, generating a three-dimensional network.