Alangium salviifolium (L.f.) Wangerin (Akoul) is a deciduous, rambling shrub or a tree, up to 10m in height with a maximum girth of 1.2m, which grows in the wild throughout the hotter parts of India. In Ayurveda the roots and the fruits are used for treatment of rheumatism, and hemorrhoid. In traditional system of medicine, it is used as laxative, astringent, pungent, purgative, alleviates spasms, anthelmintic, emetic, antiprotozoa, hypoglycemic. The present review is therefore an effect to give a detailed survey of the literature on its pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, traditional and pharmacological uses.