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The plant has been found to exhibit diverse pharmacological activities like antibacterial activity, anticancer activity, lactogenic eff ect, antioxidant activity, anti-implantation activity, anti-asthmatic activity, modulating eff ect, activity of silver nano particles, hepatoprotective activity, antifungal activity, antidiabetic activity and anti-infl ammatory activity. Traditionally, the plant promotes fi tness and vigor, the tone of voice, cures eye diseases, fever, and night blindness, cough, maintain pregnancy and gangrene. In this review, we give the recent scientifi c update on this plant with therapeutic potential and discuss the methods of carrying out studies. 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