ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This Database is a compilation of information from online sources, various institutions, Scientists and Librarians. The Investigators place on record their sincere gratitude to the Directors and Scientists of the following Institutions, who provided necessary information or facilitated the work:

Dr.P.S. Easa, Director in Charge, KFRI, Peechi.

Dr.(Prof.) V.N. Rajasekhara Pillai, Executive Vice President, KSCSTE, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram.

Dr. K.V. Sankaran, Former Director, KFRI, Peechi, Thrissur.

Dr. P.G. Latha, Director, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI), Palode, Thiruvananthapuram.

Dr. N. Krishnakumar, Director , Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), Coimbatore.

Prof. (Dr.) Velayoudom Marimoutou, Director, Institut Francais, Pondicherry.

Dr. G.V.S. Murthy, Joint Director, Botanical Survey of India, Southern Circle, Coimbatore.

Dr. Padma Venkat, Director and Dr. K. Haridasan, Joint Director Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Yelahanka, Bengaluru.

The Director, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Sriramapura, Bengaluru.

Dr. N. Anilkumar, Programme Director, Community Agro-Biodiversity Centre of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Wayanad.

Dr. Indira Balachandran, Project Director, Centre for Medicinal Plant Research, Kottakkal Arya Vaidyasala, Kottakkal.

Dr. A.G. Pandurangan, Senior Scientist, JNTBGRI, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram.

Dr.P.E. Rajasekharan, Principal Scientist, Division of Plant Genetic resources, Indian institute of Horticulture Research, Beangaluru.

Dr. N. Sasidharan, Emiritus Scientist, KFRI, Peechi.

Smt. N. Sarojam, Librarian, KFRI, Peechi.

Dr. P. Sujanapal, Scientist, KFRI, Peechi.

Dr. K. Swarupanandan, Dr. M. Balagopalan former Research Coordinators and Dr. E.A. Jayson Research Coordinator, KFRI, Peechi.

Dr.V.V. Sudheendrakumar and R.C. Pandalai former Registrars in Charge and Sri. K Satheesa Kumar Registrar in Charge, KFRI, Peechi.

Division colleagues viz., C.V. Ranjith, Sowmya M.S., Saritha M.V. and Sobha S., V.S. Hareesh.