The genus Lepisanthes belonging to Sapindaceae family, comprises of 26 species and 2 subspecies of trees and shrubs. 1 They are widely distributed in tropical region from Africa to Madagascar, South to Southeast Asia and from northwestern Australia to New Guinea. The distribution of plants according to species are summarized in Table 1. The trees of Lepisanthes genus are commonly found in a coastal forest or on islands, or in the transition zone between mangrove and dry land. It can also grow in lowland forest, wastelands, by streams, or in secondary forest up to 500 m altitude. Plants from the genus Lepisanthes are discriminated based on their micro-morphological characters such as cuticular striation, stomata structure, type of waxes, trichome 2 as well as vessels, parenchyma, rays and fiber morphology. 3 Traditionally, plants from this genus are used to cure headache, fever, 4 chest pain and nosebleed. 5 Aside from medicinal uses, it is also utilized as food preservatives and as sleep-inducing food. 6 The timbers are used for house building, manufactured as tool handles, crafted as kitchen utensil and chopped as firewood. 7 Unripe fruits are green in color and when the fruits are ripe, the color change from yellow to orange to red. Some species are planted for their fruits. [8][9][10] Due to its colorful fruits, Lepisanthes alata is used as decorative plant among local in Malaysia. 11 The fruits are 3 to 4 cm long obovoid berries borne in clusters, and can be eaten fresh, as it is sweet when ripe. This species is widely planted due to the sweetness of the fruits. The phytochemical screening of this genus has shown the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, saponin triterpenoids, phenolics and glycosides. 6,[12][13] Pharmacological studies of the extracts showed the presence of anticancer, antimicrobial, antiacetylcholinesterase,