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Hortus Malabaricus
Hortus Malabaricus is a twelve-volume study of the plants of the Malabar Coast of India, published in Amsterdam between 1678 and 1693. It was compiled under Hendrik van Rheede, Dutch commander of Malabar, with Indian physicians and scholars including Itty Achuden. It describes and illustrates around 740 plants with their uses and names in several languages, and is the earliest comprehensive printed work on the flora of Asia.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hortus Malabaricus. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hortus-malabaricus
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