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Background: Wild Indigo or Purple Tephrosia occurs throughout the India. It is widely used in diseased conditions like asthma, diabetes, diarrhoea, inflammation, rheumatism and many other diseases. The different parts of plant reported to contain flavonoids like rutin, quercetin, retinoids, deguelin, elliptone, rotenone, tephrosin and sterols such as sitosterol. Aim: But so far the pharmacognostic standardization of whole plant has not been reported for its proper identification. Hence the present study was carried out for the establishment of Pharmacognostical standardization of whole plant. Methods: Macroscopy, powder analysis (Organoleptic and powder microscopy), physiochemical properties like ash values, extractive values and HPTLC Profile of whole plant was done. Results and conclusion: In powder microscopy unicellular trichomes of different sizes, vessels with annular thickening were observed. Water soluble and alcohol soluble extractives were found to be 12.5% and 8.3% respectively. By observing morphological, powder microscopical, physicochemical and HPTLC characters the given crude drug is confirmed as whole plant of Tephrosia purpurea.