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Medicinal plants play an important role in traditional medicine. One such ethnomedicinal plant is Pergularia daemia. It is a hispid perennial twinning herb distributed in the roadsides of tropical and sub tropical regions. The whole plant possess more medicinal values and traditionally used in the treatment of various ailments. This study aims to determine the qualitative and quantitative phytochemical screening of methanolic extract of leaves of Pergularia daemia and also to determine the components using UV spectrometry and FTIR analysis. The qualitative analysis of the leaves showed the presence of alkaloids, steroids, terpenoids, flavonoids, saponins, phenols, tannins, aminoacids, cardiac glycosides, carbohydrates and proteins. The quantification of the compounds like alkaloids, flavonoids and phenols were done. FTIR analysis shows the presence of three major peaks and UV Spectrometry shows the presence of two major peaks and exhibited the presence of two major components in the methanolic extract of the leaves. The result confirms that the leaves of Pergularia daemia possess significant phytocomponents and acts as the source of many pharmacological studies and a curative for various ailments.