March 23rd, 2007 | admin

Horthus Malabaricus, the book that lists the medicinal herbs of Kerala, is the first printed book in Malayalam. Itti Achuthan Vaidyar is the co-author of the book with the Dutch Governor, Henric Vaan Reid. Keralarama, is the original book by Itti Vaidyar, from which the materials for Horthus Malabaricus was taken.

He was a Vaidya in the 17th century.