*2.9. Jasminum*

The genus *Jasminum* (Oleaceae) includes more than 200 species distributed in China, Africa, Asia, Australia, South Pacific Islands, and Europe. Jasmines are widely cultivated for ornamental, medical, and cosmetical uses. The species *J. sambac*, commonly known as Arabian Jasmine, is cultivated throughout India and tropical regions. This genus has been reported for several uses due to the following pharmaceutical activities: antimicrobial [115], antioxidant [116], antidiabetic [117], antiviral [118], and antitumor [119]. Seven species of endophytic fungi of the genus *Colletotrichum* have been reported from *J. sambac* in India and Vietnam (Table 10).


**Table 10.** Endophytic fungi isolated from *Jasminum* species.

#### *2.10. Ligustrum*

*Ligustrum* (Family *Oleaceae*) is a genus of about 50 species of shrubs and trees from warm areas of Europe to Asia [122]. Several species of the genus have been cultivated in many areas of the world as urban ornamental hedge and street trees. In particular, the most widespread species *L. lucidum* compete with and inhibit the regeneration of native flora, becoming invasive in many areas with a subtropical and temperate climate, such as North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania [123]. Due to its active constituents such as glycosides, flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, phenylethanoid, and terpenoids, *Ligustrum* spp. have been widely used as a health remedy in European, Chinese, and Japanese communities [124,125].

Collected data showed that 29 species of endophytes belonging to 20 genera have been found in plant tissues of *L. lucidum, L. compactum, L. quihoui*, *L. obsusifoilium*, and *L. vulgare* (Table 11): *Guignardia* (3 isolates)*, Alternaria* (2 isolates), Colletotrichum (3 isolates), *Fusarium* (2 isolates), Xylaria (2 isolates), Pestalotiopsis (1 isolate), *Trichoderma* (2 isolates), *Lasiodiplodia* (2 isolates), Phomopsis (3 isolates), and one isolate of *Diplodia,* Geotrichum, *Libertella*, *Neocosmospora*, *Cladosporium, Peroneutypa*, *Penicillium*, *Phyllosticta*, *Pycnidiella*, and *Rhizopus,* respectively.


**Table 11.** Endophytic fungi isolated from *Ligustrum* species.


**Table 11.** *Cont.*
