Indian systems of medicine and alternative medical systems were very successful with the use and incorporation of herbs to treat diseases. The scientific evidence was not established in the traditional claims of the herbs. In this review extensive segregation of the research work that had been performed on the plant Morinda tinctoria is done. The Pharmacological activities, Phytochemical work and pharmacogostical work that was performed on the plant had been reviewed and documented in this paper.

The traditional systems of medicine have used the herbs successfully to treat many diseases. The folklore medicine also advocates the use of herbs for diseases. So having this in mind this review article focuses on collecting the documentation of all the research work that is performed on Indigofera and is the segregation of the pharmacology, chemistry and traditional claims of the activities that are attributed to the plant.