National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi

Description

The National Herbarium and Botanic Gardens of Malawi (NHBG) is a parastatal botanical institution. It is the principal authority on botanical and related matters in Malawi. The NHBG administrative headquarters is located about 3 km N.W. of Zomba town centre overlooking the Government Press, Parliament, and Malawi National Examinations Board.The National herbarium houses over 90, 000 plant specimens (including mushrooms, ferns, mosses, algae, lichens) collected all over Malawi and a carpological collection of about 200 accessions. The herbarium therefore is Malawi's plant data bank and hence is very important for plant identification, taxonomic research, reference and loan exchange of herbarium specimens between herbaria. The collection is being digitized in BRAHMS database.

Contacts

TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Donald Mpalika
Telephone: +265 88329900
email: dmpalika@yahoo.co.uk

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Elizabeth Mwafongo
Telephone: +265 999746432
email: emwafongo@yahoo.com

National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
PO Box 528, Zomba, Malawi
Zomba
MW