Mucuna pruriens Linn. is a popular Indian medicinal plant, widely known as “velvet bean,” a vigorous annual climbing legume originally from Southern China and Eastern India, wit has been shown that its seeds are potentially of substantial medicinal importance. The ancient Indian medical system, Ayurveda, traditionally used M. pruriens. A wide range of phytochemical constituents has been isolated from this plant are Alkaloidal, mucunadine, mucunine, prurienidine, prurienine, Epoxy fatty acids, Lecithin, 1-methyl-3-carboxy-6, 7-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro isoquinolone, 5-hydroxy tryptamine, 5-methoxy-n, n-dimethyl tryptamine-noxide, 5-oxyindole-3-alkylamine, 6-methoxyharman, alanine, arachidic acid, arginine, aspartic acid, behenic acid, β-carboline, β -sitosterol, bufotenine, choline, cystine, leucine, linoleic acid, myristic acid, n, n-dimethyltryptamine, n, n-dimethyltryptamine-n-oxide, nicotine, oleic acid, palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, phenylalanine, phosphorus, proline, protein, saponins, serine, stearic acid, threonine, tryptamine, tyrosine, valine and vernolic acid and traditional uses and some activities are present in Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, Aphrodisiac, Anti-Inflammatory, Antivenom, Hypoglycemic, Neuroprotective, Antineoplastic, Anti-protozoal and Learning and Memory Enhancement and also management of male infertility activities have been described.