Herbarium
Internationally known as “Madras Herbarium” (MH), this is one of the oldest and renowned herbaria of the world housing many valuable classical collections of Rottler, Hooker & Thomson, Wight, Bourdillon, Beddome, Lawson, Barber, Gamble and Fischer. Besides the collections from Southern India, this herbarium also has specimens from the Indian subcontinent and of Europe, Africa, Australia, North& South America. The most significant feature is the possession of 2594 types representing about 800 taxa including about 300 from Sri Lanka.