eng Science and Education Publishing Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences 2328-3920 2023-12-13 11 4 118 121 10.12691/aees-11-4-2 AEES20231142 article Kumar Abhishek abhishek12chaurasia@gmail.com 1 Kumar Avinash 2 Research Scholar, P.G. Dept. of Botany, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag Assistant Professor, P.G. Dept. of Botany, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag Anthocephalus cadamba commonly known as Cadamb belongs to the family Rubiaceae is widely used in various parts of India. This holy plant is closely associated with the life of Lord Krishna (Hindu Deity). The plant Cadamba enjoys a holy position in Ayurveda, an Indian indigenous system of medicine due to its ability to cure various diseases like diabetes, diarrhoea, fever, cough, inflammation, vomiting, wound healing, ulcer etc.There is the presence of saponins, terpenes, sesquiterpenes glycosides, alkaloids and absence of anthraquinones and flavonoids in this plant and probably due to the terpenes this plant shows antimicrobial property. Leaves, twig and root extract of the plant also shows antibacterial, antioxidant, anti inflammatory activity and antifungal activity against strains of Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans. So the present paper was undertaken to review various antimicrobial, antifungal and medicinal properties of this plant. https://pubs.sciepub.com/aees/11/4/2/aees-11-4-2.pdf Antimicrobial antifungal medicinal Anthocephalus cadamba