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Mangrove plants are used in medicines, and extracts from mangrove species have proven inhibitory activity against human, animal, and plant pathogens. Endophytic fungi are an important component, are universal, and occur within all know plants, including a broad range of hosts in various ecosystems, and therefore play an important role in the natural environment. Numerous species of mangrove produce bioactive compounds that can control microbial growth. Mangrove extracts can also be the likely sources of mosquito larvicides, antifungal, antiviral, anti-cancer, and anti-diabetic complexes. Mangrove endophytic fungi with promising antioxidant activities that may be useful to humans as novel physiological agents. The present review deals with the endophytic fungi from mangrove plants. INTRODUCTION:Mangroves are woody trees or shrubs and salt marsh halophytes. The mangrove plants are distributed in 121 countries. Pichavaram mangrove forest is an important coastal ecosystem of Tamil Nadu. Mangroves are used in traditional medicine for the treatment of many diseases 1 . The specific regions where mangrove plants grow are called the Mangrove ecosystem. Mangroves are fast decreasing in the number of species with increasing freedom 2 . Mangroves include salttolerant plant species that occur along intertidal zones of rivers and seas in the form of narrow strips or as extensive patches in estuarine habitats and river deltas of tropical and sub-tropical regions. The mangrove plants have a great potential to adapt to the changes in climate, rise in sea levels, and to solar ultraviolet -B radiation.