Ibn al-Bayṭār learned botany from the Málagan botanist Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Nabātī with whom he started collecting plants in and around Spain.
Ibn al-Bayṭār learned botany from Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Nabātī, who was a botanist from the Málagans region of Spain. They began collecting plants together in and around Spain.