A REVIEW ON SARACA INDICA PLANT

Abstract

Saraca indica is an important indigenous plant with lots of traditional importance belonging to the family caesalpinaceae. These are the wonderful herb that claims to cure several diseases according to ayurvedic medicine. It mainly contains glycosides, tannin, saponin, flavonoids, and sterol. It posseses various activities such as analgesic, antipyretic, fungitoxic, anthelmintic, antidiabetic, larvicidal activity, antimicrobial activity, CNS depressant activity, Antiulcer activity, anti-inflammatory activity etc. This review contains pharmacognostic study of various parts of plant, phytochemical constituents and pharmacological activities of various parts of plant.