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[Science news] - The forgotten officina of Meise Botanic Garden
In a medicinal garden, such as the one at Meise Botanic Garden, the visitor can discover which plants are behind phytotherapeutic preparations or herbal infusions...
[Science news] - Monsieur Bernardin in the economic botany collections of Meise Botanic Garden
The herbarium of Meise Botanic Garden houses the extraordinary drug collection of Bernardin, jozefite at the internationally renowned House of Melle – now College of Melle – from 1838 to 1889...
[Science news] - Exploration of vegetable fats and oils in the drug collection of Meise Botanic Garden
In the economic botany collection of Meise Botanic Garden, a very special collection has been unearthed and scrutinized...
[Science news] - Human activities increasingly threaten forests in the Congo Basin
Forests recover only slowly after human intervention. This is the conclusion of research conducted by Meise Botanic Garden, KU Leuven and the University of Kisangani...
[Science news] - Successful reintroduction of the brome of the Ardennes in Wallonia!
The Botanic Garden has enabled the "resurrection" of the brome of the Ardennes (Bromus bromoideus), an endemic species that has been extinct in Belgium since 1935...