10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 6 Issue 3 2015 (July - September) Indian medicinal plants are playing an important role in the traditional healing system. lessThan i greaterThan Vetiveria lawsonii lessThan /i greaterThan is the most important plant belongs to lessThan i greaterThan Poaceae lessThan /i greaterThan family with great medicinal value lessThan i greaterThan . lessThan /i greaterThan This study was aimed to investigate the microbiological activity of lessThan i greaterThan Vetiveria lawsonii. lessThan /i greaterThan The various extracts of lessThan i greaterThan Vetiveria lawsonii lessThan /i greaterThan were prepared by soxhlet extraction method using acetone, benzene, chloroform, ethanol, methanol and n-Hexane. The results were confirmed methanol extracts of lessThan i greaterThan Vetiveria lawsonii lessThan /i greaterThan showing significant activity against selected microbes than other extracts. We recommend further research on this plant for possible pharmacological investigation of the various chemical active substances. VIJI SARAL ELEZABETH D AND RAMACHANDRAN P Poaceae, Vetiveria lawsonii, soxhlet extraction method, microbes, pharmacology 472-475