Abstract
The present study is aimed to list out some common medicinal plants of Lamiaceae and to determine the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi spore population and its colonization in twenty common medicinal plants of Lamiaceae in rainy season (July, August and September) of Anaimalai Hills. The plants were arranged alphabetically with their botanical names, the common name, parts used and its medicinal uses. Majority belong to herbaceous category. In this study, all the twenty plants were found to have AMF association. Present study revealed that AMF colonization and spore population gradually increased in rainy season. Maximum AMF colonization and spore population was noticed in Plectranthus amboinicus in September month. Minimum AMF colonization in Scutellaria colebrookiana and Ocimum tenuiflorum showed minimum spore population in July month. Totally 40 spores were isolated from the rhizosphere soils of common medicinal plants of Lamiaceae. Glomus was recorded as dominant AMF species.
