Baptisia tinctoria (Wild indigo; Fabaceae) has long tradition of use in Indian systems of medicine for the treatment of much
disease. Roots of B. tinctoria were successively extracted to obtain n-hexane, chloroform, methanol and water extracts.
Preliminary phytochemical screening of ME showed presence of alkaloids, steroids, flavonoids, triterpenoids, coumarins and
tannins as major classes of phytoconstituents. This review attempts to encompass the available literature on Baptisia tinctoria
with respect to its pharmacognostic characters, chemical constituents and summary of its various pharmacological activities