Momordica dioica.

Momordica dioica Roxb. belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae. Plant is perennial, dioeciousand climbing creeper. It is a native to Asia and extensively distributed in India. Traditionally it is used as vegetable with a significant nutritional value and each part of the plant such as leaves, root, fruits and seeds are traditionally used as preventive and curative agents. Due to the galore of bioactive compounds, pharmacologically it is very importantand act as anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, anti-septic, anti-ulcerant, anti-hemorrhoidal, antipyretic and anti-perspirant agent. This plant is considered as an underutilized vegetable but it shows the presence of significant bioactive compounds with high medicinal and nutritional value than any other vegetables of this family therefore, this plant is still phytochemically potent. The object of the present review is to evaluate ethnomedicinal, phytochemicals and pharmacological properties of M. dioicaas traditional medicinal plant along with recent scientific observations. Further this study will be helpful to the researchers to explore the role of phytochemicals in detail.