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Medicinal Plants of Highland Chiapas Project
The LAE garden serves as a research facility investigating the horticultural requirements of the most utilized medicinal plants of Highland Chiapas. This is part of a collaborative applied program between researchers at the University of Georgia and El Colegio de la Frontera Sur in Chiapas, Mexico to encourage cultivation of these plants in Maya communities to improve primary health care and promote economic development. The State Botanical Garden of Georgia provides technical assistance with the cultivation.
Visit the pages below to view herbarium samples of several medicinal plants from the Chiapas project, most of which can also be found in the Latin American Ethnobotanical Garden.
Video Clips from Highland Chiapas Project
All video ©1997 by El Colegio de la Frontera Sur. |
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Botanical ink drawings by Nicolas Hernández Ruíz
Ruíz is a self-taught artist and resident of Chiapas, Mexico. Click on each detail to view the full-size version. |
