Botanica

Renowned Indian botanist dies, famed for translating a 12-volume Latin work

Manilal was famed for translating Hortus Malabaricus, a 12-volume work by Henricus van Rheede on Malabar's flora.

JANUARY 5, 2025

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Schadida Calli, copperplate engraving by Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Draakenstein, from the botanical work Hortus Malabaricus, 1678.