Kochi Hortus Malabaricus Herbarium

Dr. T.P. Narayanan Kutty, Director of the Kerala State Department of Eco-Tourism ecouraged the Kerala Centre for Heritage Studies to start a garden of rare varieties of medicinal plants in their campus. The Kerala Centre for Heritage Studies promoted this garden in the name of Hortus Malabaricus, one of the 17th century Latin texts by Van Rheede, a Dutch Commandant, who took scientific interest and appointed a team of researchers and physicians to document the plants heritage of the Malabar Coast our garden attracted several people who were keen to grow plants in their household garden. As a result the Kochi Hortus Malabaricus Herbarium was created at the Kerala Centre for Heritage Studies.

RESULTS
Creation of the Hortus Malabaricus Herbarium in Kochi

See also:
T.P. Narayanan Kutty (Expert)