Pieter Willem Korthals
✓ Source-basedfallingDutch botanist (1807-1892)
ScientistsLived 1807 to 1892 · aged 84
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Pieter Willem Korthals was a Dutch botanist. Korthals was the official botanist with the Dutch East India Service from 1831 to 1836. Among his many discoveries was the medicinal plant Kratom . Korthals wrote the first monograph on the tropical pitcher plants, "Over het geslacht Nepenthes", published in 1839.
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Scientists
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Scientist
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Lived 1807 to 1892 · aged 84
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