List of botanical gardens in India
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A botanical garden is a place where plant
s, especially fern
s, conifers and flowering plants, are grown and displayed for the purposes of research
and education
. This distinguishes them from parks and pleasure gardens where plants, usually with showy flowers, are grown for public amenity only. Botanical garden
s that specialize in trees are sometimes referred to as arboretum
s. They are occasionally associated with zoo
s.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
s, especially fern
Fern
A fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
s, conifers and flowering plants, are grown and displayed for the purposes of research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
and education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
. This distinguishes them from parks and pleasure gardens where plants, usually with showy flowers, are grown for public amenity only. Botanical garden
Botanical garden
A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...
s that specialize in trees are sometimes referred to as arboretum
Arboretum
An arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
s. They are occasionally associated with zoo
Zoo
A zoological garden, zoological park, menagerie, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred....
s.
List of botanical gardens in India
- Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI), Trivandrum, Kerala (Biggest in India and conserves the largest no:of plant species in Asia).
- Vellayani Agricultural College , Trivandrum, Kerala
- Agri Horticultural Society of IndiaAgri Horticultural Society of IndiaThe Agri Horticultural Society of India was founded in 1820 by William Carey on the Alipore Road, Kolkata. It has a flower garden, greenhouses, a research laboratory and a library. It houses a massive collection of plants and flowers...
, Alipore, KolkataKolkataKolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India... - Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Shibpur, Kolkata
- Lalbagh, BangaloreBangaloreBengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, KarnatakaKarnatakaKarnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava... - IFGTB Botanical Garden - The Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu
- TNAU Botanical Garden, Agriculture University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
- Jammu and Kashmir Medicinal Plants Introduction Centre, Sonamarag, Kashmir
- Jhansi Botanical Garden, JhansiJhansiJhansi Hindi:झाँसी, , Marathi: झाशी, is a historical city of India. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of Jhansi District and Jhansi Division. The original walled city grew up around its stone fort, which crowns a neighboring rock. This district is on the bank of river Betwa.The National...
, Uttar PradeshUttar PradeshUttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity... - Saharanpur Botanical Garden, SaharanpurSaharanpurSaharanpur is a city and a Municipal Corporation in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur District as well as Saharanpur Division...
, Uttar Pradesh - Lloyd's Botanical GardenLloyd's Botanical GardenLloyd's Botanical Garden, or Darjeeling Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden in Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal.-History:...
, Darjeeling, West BengalWest BengalWest Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP... - Garden of Medicinal Plants, North Bengal University, West Bengal
- Botanical Garden, Near Sarangpur, Chandigarh
- Empress Garden, Pune
See also
- List of botanical gardens
- List of Zoos in India
- List of Aquariums in India