Traditional medicine plays a large role in Indian society and Garden scientists are exploring large natural areas that harbor an astonishing diversity of useful plants.

Plants provide humankind with our most basic resources—food, medicine, fiber, and many other useful products. The Missouri Botanical Garden’s William L. Brown Center for Plant Genetic Resources (WLBC) is dedicated to the study, description, and conservation of useful plants—and to preserving traditional knowledge about these plants for a sustainable future.

The Missouri Botanical Garden is home to one of the largest international programs in botanical research and conservation in the world. From traditional plant use in Missouri to medicinal and food plant species in the Andes, Himalayas, and African highlands, the WLBC builds on the Garden’ expertise to ground the study and conservation of useful plants in rigorous science. Learn more about the WLBC at www.wlbcenter.org.