ABSTRACT
Pterolobium hexapetalum is an extensive, armed straggling, spiny shrub and one of the important herbal plant used by the Chenchu tribes of Nallamalai region against chest pain, fever, cold, cough, tooth ache, dog bite, diarrhoea, ulcer, jaundice, skin disorders, constipation, piles and venereal diseases. It possesses high quantities of phytoconstituents in leaf, stem bark, flower and fruit extracts like flavonoides, alkaloids, phenols, glycosides, saponins, steroids, tannins and quinines. P. hexapetalum extracts also proved as effective antimicrobial, antiulcerous, antidiarrhoel, antipyretic, anticancer, antioxidant, wound-healing, ovicidal, larvicidal, and pupicidal activity. This review provides exhaustive information about the pharmacological and bioactives investigations of P. hexapetalum till date.
