caption influenced birth_place nationality honour/award fields workplaces footnotes birth_date known_for residence image article_title author_abbrev_bot name alma_mater
k. s. manilal and wife jyotsna conservation kerala of silent valley , social history studies of cochin , british india indian officer : orde van oranje-nassau -rrb- by her majesty queen beatrix of of the netherlands the order of orange-nassau award -lrb- dutch botany , taxonomy university westfield college , bangor university , of calicut , royal society of london , http://envfor.nic.in/citizen/award/ekjanaki.pdf 17 september 1938 biodiversity of hortus malabaricus to english and malayalam studies , discoveries at silent valley , translation kozhikode k s manilal.jpg k. s. manilal
 manilal kattungal subramaniam manilal sagar university
k. s. manilal

professor kattungal subramaniam manilal -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born 17 september 1938 -rrb- , is an emeritus of the university of calicut , a botany scholar and taxonomist , who devoted over 35 years of his life to research , translation and annotation work of the latin botanical treatise hortus malabaricus .
this epic effort brought to light the main contents of the book , a wealth of botanical information on malabar that had largely remained inaccessible to english-speaking scholars , because the entire text was in the latin language .
despite the existence of hendrik van rheede 's hortus malabaricus over the last three centuries , the correct taxonomic identity of many plants listed in hortus malabaricus , their medicinal properties , methods of use , etc. , as described and codified by renowned traditional medical authorities of 17th century india remained inaccessible to english language based scholars , until manilal commenced publication of research papers and books on hortus malabaricus .
manilal efforts ultimately resulted in an english edition of hortus malabaricus , for the first time , 325 years after its original publication from amsterdam .
the english edition contains a word by word translation of all the twelve volumes of the book , retaining the original style of language .
medicinal properties of plants are translated and interpreted , with commentaries on their malayalam names given by van rheede .
in addition , the correct scientific identity of all plants , acceptable under icbn are set out along with their important synonyms and basionyms .
whilst the scope of manilal 's contributions to botany extend far beyond the research and publications around hortus malabaricus , his research work on hortus malabaricus alone are of botanical and socio-historic significance , and can be broadly classified under two heads : botanical and medicinal aspects of hortus malabaricus ; and historical , political , social and linguistic aspects of hortus malabaricus .
manilal has over 198 published research papers and 15 books to his credit as author and co-author .
he and his associates have credits to discovering over 14 species of flowering plants , varieties and combinations new to science .
manilal is the founder president of the indian association for angiosperm taxonomy -lrb- iaat -rrb- .
