{"id":4061,"date":"2025-08-26T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.botany.sc.chula.ac.th\/?p=4061"},"modified":"2025-08-26T11:16:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:16:00","slug":"the-professor-kasin-suvatabandhu-herbarium-highlighting-its-value-for-both-scientific-research-and-forensic-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.botany.sc.chula.ac.th\/?p=4061&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The Professor Kasin Suvatabandhu Herbarium \u2014 highlighting its value for both scientific research and forensic investigations."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t75\/2\/16\/1f4f0.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udcf0\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> The Straits Times (Singapore) recently featured the Professor Kasin Suvatabandhu Herbarium, Department of Botany, Chulalongkorn University \u2014 highlighting its value for both scientific research and forensic investigations.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tbd\/2\/16\/1f33f.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3f\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> Herbarium serves as a repository of preserved plant specimens, functioning as an invaluable reference for biodiversity studies. Beyond its role as a historical scientific archive, the herbarium contributes to multiple fields of knowledge, including Pharmacology (medicinal and food plants), Ecology and Environmental science (invasive species research), and Forensics &amp; law (plant evidence in criminal investigations).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t28\/2\/16\/1f3db.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> Established in 1982, the Professor Kasin Suvatabandhu Herbarium (BCU) currently holds over 20,000 plant specimens, serving as one of the important natural resource databases of Thailand. Now the Department also offers plant specimen\/voucher specimen preparation and identification services for those interested.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tf0\/2\/16\/1f449.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc49\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span> For more information, read here: [link]<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/paid-press-releases\/chulalongkorn-universitys-herbarium-preserves-thai-flora-for-research-and-criminal-investigations-20250811?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExYWRWcE1nVVgyZWhTdElUWAEe1AoOb26Q5hekGzP9G83AbDqNqdrMB7fktXcjLaTVpx-unWBNrWGzKpO6lv8_aem_gCPQsTdPpnUs9kUSyh1pWQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/&#8230;\/chulalongkorn&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chula.ac.th\/en\/highlight\/250138\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExYWRWcE1nVVgyZWhTdElUWAEe_BgAYgLdQ9nDzBjCoeBd3JtxmJlf59bUL0Vr-pePSP3KDGa6wrd4JgGCoF0_aem_AoIAIhMgk6QjAKuFQJoSWA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.chula.ac.th\/en\/highlight\/250138\/<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Straits Times (Singapore) recently featured the Pro [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botany.sc.chula.ac.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botany.sc.chula.ac.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botany.sc.chula.ac.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botany.sc.chula.ac.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botany.sc.chula.ac.th\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.botany.sc.chula.ac.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4062,"href":"https:\/\/www.botany.sc.chula.ac.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061\/revisions\/4062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botany.sc.chula.ac.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botany.sc.chula.ac.th\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botany.sc.chula.ac.th\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botany.sc.chula.ac.th\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}