Garden of Malabar, Vol. 1

The following text is an attestation in Malayalam (Kolezhuthu script) regarding the botanical data collected for Hendrik van Rheede.

I, Itti Achuden, do hereby declare that the trees, plants, vines, flowers, fruits, seeds, their virtues, and medicinal uses, as recorded in the book written down at the command of Mr. Henric van Rheede in Cochin by dictating to Emanuel Carneiro, are things I have seen, experienced, and known from the books in my possession.

I, Itti Achuden, a Malabar Doctor of the Chego a specific social caste of local people nation, a Gentile and native of Carrapuràm, or the land called Codda Carapalli, inhabitant of the house called Coladda, who was born of ancestors, grandfathers, and parents who were physicians or doctors, do testify that by the mandate of the Commander Mr. Henric van Rheede, I came to the City of Cochin and, through Emanuel Carneiro, interpreter for the Noble Indian Company, I stated and dictated the names, medical virtues, and properties of the trees, plants, herbs, and