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Cephalotaxus mannii Hook. f. is a rare evergreen conifer native listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, which is utilized for leukemia treatment. Although endophytic fungi from C. mannii was reported before, their cytotoxic property has not been revealed yet. In the present study, a total of 7 endophytic fungi were isolated from C. mannii collected in Ha Giang province, Vietnam, among which the isolate WQF18 was active against 5 tested pathogens with inhibition zones ranging from 18.0 ± 0.7 to 25.0 ± 0.4 mm.