Ipomoea digitata: A therapeutic boon from nature to mankind

Family Convolvulaceae consists of the largest number of species of the genus Ipomoea commonly known as Morning glories found in tropic and subtropic regions of our globe. From the classical times several Ipomoea species are used as Medicinal herbs and are consumed as raw foods showing various fascinating effects. One of such species among the morning glories is Ipomoea digitata Linn which can be considered as gift of nature to mankind as it has certain pharmaceutically important promising properties such ashypoglycemic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, aphrodisiac and anticonvulsant, etc., This review paper deals with an objective of drawing attention to morphological, phytochemical and pharmacological information along with certain important metabolites in Ipomoea digitata.