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Medicinal plants are the local heritage with universal importance. World is gifted with a rich wealth of medicinal plants. Herbs have always been the principal source of medicine in India and presently they are becoming popular throughout the world. Plants have played a significant role in maintaining the quality of human life for thousands of years and served humans as with cosmetics dyes and medicines. Traditional medicine is the oldest method of curing diseases and infection and various plants have been used in different parts of the world to treat human diseases and infection. Medicinal plants are known to owe their curative potentials through certain biologically active substances which exist in different parts of the plants. The major lacuna is the lack of proper identification and information about the medicinal plants. Justicia tranquebariensis belongs to the family Acanthaceae. Mostly the leaves are used for the medical purpose. It is one of the most important herbs being used in Ayurvedic system of medicine. Predominantly, the leaves are used for several medicinal purposes. A wide variety of biologically active constituents such as Phytosterol, Flavonoids, Glycosides, Steroids and Phytosteriods, Coumarins, Cardiac Glycosides, Glycosides, Terpenoids, Carbohydrate, Amino Acids, Gums and Mudilage, Saponins, oil and fats are present in this plant. It exhibits antioxidant, hepatoprotective, antihelmethic, cardioprotective, antiulcerogenic, bronchial asthma, anti-arthritic and antimicrobial activities. This review will focus on the phytochemical constituents isolated from the plants and phytopharmacological properties of different parts of Justicia tranquebariensis.