Plants have been in use as medicines since the beginning of human culture. Plant extracts have been used as medicines to treat a wide range of ailments, ranging from cancer to pain management. One of the most widely used plant to treat heart ailment is Terminalia arjuna. The arjuna was introduced into the Ayurveda system of medicine to treat heart disease as early as 7 th century. The bark extract of the arjuna tree is a commonly used medicine for cardiac problems. In the present investigation, the ethanolic bark extract of the arjuna was subjected to spectroscopic studies such as FTIR and GC-MS and the structure of various phytochemicals present in the extract were analysed. Even though the use of bark of arjuna plant as a cardiac medicine has been well established, its use as medicine of other ailments is still under investigation. So, as a next step in the current investigation, the anti-fungal properties of the bark extract of the arjuna plant has been studied by disc-diffusion method and the results have been discussed. Medical plants are generally collected following traditional methods without adhering to the pharmacopoeial standards laid down for the collection of different parts of a plant. So there is no control on the quality of raw material collected. According to standard practice, tubers, corns, and bulbs are to be collected at the end of the flowering season. Tree bark/branches must be collected after the proper maturity stage of the tree. But, collection of plant parts for preparation of medicines is mostly done by farmers whose knowledge about such standard practice is very limited (3).