Tabernaemontana coronaria is an ornamental, evergreen, dichotomously branched shrub or small tree
with large, shiny dark green leaves and white coloured flowers, pinwheel arrangement of petals, which are
especially fragment at night. Stems exude milky latex when broken. The root is acrid, digestible with a bitter
and bad taste. No specific environmental conditions are required for the growth of the plant. It can easily grow
in garden and along roadsides. The plant is highly used in Chinese, Ayurvedic and Thai traditional medicine
for the treatment of several diseases. Phytochemical studies revealed the bioactive chemical constituents of the
plants such as monoterpene indole alkaloids, flavonoids, proteins, glycosides, carbohydrates, steroids, enzymes
and phenolic acids from leaves, stems and roots of the plant. Pharmacological studies found that the plant
extract has an anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antioxidant, antifertility, antifungal, antimicrobial, antidiabetic,
antimalarial, cardiovascular effects, hypolipidemic, anticataract, antitussive, insecticidal, antidepressant,
anxiolytic activity, local anaesthetic activity, anti-acetylcholinesterase activity, wound healing, hepatoprotective
and gastroprotective properties. This article briefly describes the ethanomedicinal uses, pharmacognostical
studies, phytochemical constituents and pharmacological activities of Tabernaemontana coronaria plant and
it’s bring the research up-to-date on the bioactive compounds produced by Tabernaemontana coronaria,
directly or indirectly releated to the human health.