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Fungal endophytes were isolated from the leaves, stems and roots of two widely used medicinal plants viz., Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Wall. ex Nees and Centella asiatica (L.) Urban. A total of 28 endophytic fungi were identified based on morphological and molecular analyses. The identified fungi were: Aspergillus flavus Link, A. fumigatus Fresen., A. niger Tiegh., A. terreus Thom, Cladosporium sp., Colletotrichum sp., Curvularia chonburiensis (ibpromma & K.D. Hyde, C. hominis Da Cunha, Madrid, Gené & Cano, C. lunata (Wakker) Boedijn, C. lycopersici Tandon & Kakkar, Curvularia sp., Fusarium falciforme (Carrión) Summerb. & Schroers, F. phaseoli (Burkh.) T. Aoki & Donnell, F. solani (Mart.) Appel & Wollenw, F. udum (Berk.) Wollenw, Fusarium sp., Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Pat.) Gri. & Maubl., Monodictys paradoxa (Corda) Hug., M. putredinis (Wallr.) Hug., Penicillium commune Thom, P. chrysogenum Thom, P. oxalicum Currie & Thom, Penicillium sp. 1, Penicillium sp. 2, Penicillium sp. 3, Penicillium sp. 4, Scytalidium lignicola Pesante and Talaromyces trachyspermus (Shear) Stolk & Samson. Among them Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, A. terreus, Cladosporium sp., Colletotrichum sp. and Penicillium sp. 1 were isolated from both the plants. Curvularia chonburiensis, C. hominis, C. lycopersici, Fusarium falciforme, F. phaseoli, Monodictys paradoxa, Penicillium commune and Scytalidium lignicola were found to be new records for Bangladesh. Findings of this study will be helpful for better understanding of endophytic fungal diversity and the species richness in those medicinal plants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]