Bioresource Centre

An environmental education facility for the local community with a focus on the teaching of conservation, identification and use of indigenous medicinal plants.

The Centre is situated in the Pitchandikulam Ethnomedicinal Forest with its demonstration and thematic gardens and provides:

  • an extensive library and database

  • a display of photos, seeds, posters, herbarium sheets, raw drugs and traditional technologies

  • documentation of the knowledge of more than 200 local healers

  • the publishing of a bioregional newsletter and teaching materials