Lygodium flexuosum (L.) Sw. is a fern and has great linkage with Rudra Jata as ethnobotanical marker like tribal name and similar uses of the plant which is described in classical text of Ayurveda. The studies on tissue systems of medicinal parts mainly rhizome and roots of the plants, their histochemistry and phytocompounds are delineated in the paper would be most useful towards proper evaluation in perspectives of consideration as Ruda Jata and future more pharmacological and clinical studies in Ayurveda.

Key words: Lygodium flexuosum (L.) Sw., ethnobotanical marker, Rudra Jata, tissue systems, histochemistry, phytocompounds.