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India
Total no. of Botanic Gardens recorded in India: 122.
Approx. no. of living plant accessions recorded in these botanic gardens: c.200,000
Approx. no. of taxa in these collections: 15,000 to 20,000 (7,000 to 10,000 spp.)
Estimated % of pre-CBD collections: 90%
Location: AGRA
Founded: 1930.
Garden Name: Botanical Garden
Address: Agra College, AGRA, Uttar Pradesh.
Status: Private Educational Establishment
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs, ferns, flowering plants, Ephedra, Salvadora, Leptadaema.
No. of taxa: 300
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: AHMEDABAD
Founded: 1978.
Garden Name: The Retreat Botanical Garden of Sarabhai Foundation
Address: Shahibag, AHMEDABAD 380 004, Gujarat.
Status: Private
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 100
Ex situ Collections:
Palms, cacti and other succulents (Arjun, Stenospurmum, Stropenthus), roses, orchids.
No. of taxa: 160
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: AHMEDABAD
Founded: 1964
Garden Name: Gujarat University USSC Botanic Garden
Address: Department of Botany, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, AHMEDABAD 380 009, Gujarat.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,212
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs, ferns, aquatics. Prepares a regular seed list.
No. of taxa: +150.
Rare & Endangered plants: Cyperus papyrus.
Location: ALIGARH
Founded: 1962
Garden Name: Aligarh Muslim University Botanic Garden
Address: Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, ALIGARH, 20-200-1, Uttar Pradesh.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,000
Ex situ Collections:
Trees (812 accessions) and shrubs (3,882 accessions), foliage & flowering plants.
No. of taxa: 210 (including 120 species and 90 cvs.)
Rare & Endangered plants: Ficus krishnae
Location: ALLAHABAD
Founded: 1962
Garden Name: Experimental Garden
Address: Botanical Survey of India (Central Circle), 10 Chatham Lines, ALLAHABAD 211 002, Uttar Pradesh.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 50,000
Ex situ Collections:
Economic plants of India, medicinal plants, orchids, Dioscorea, crotons, roses, Hibiscus.
No. of taxa: 500
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: ALLAHABAD
Founded: 1960
Garden Name: Kulbhaskar Ashram Post Graduate College Botanic Garden
Address: ALLAHABAD 211 002, Uttar Pradesh.
Status: State supported private institute.
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
500 trees and shrubs, herbaceous perrenials and other plants (1,000 spp. and 1,500 cvs.), Chrysanthemum (60 cvs.), roses (150 cvs), Bougainvillea (50 cvs.), Canna (12 cvs.), Jasminum (10 cvs.), cacti and other succulents (50 spp. and cvs.)
No. of taxa: 2,500
Rare and Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: ALLAHABAD
Founded: 1923
Garden Name: Roxburgh Botanic Garden
Address: Dept of Botany, Universiy of Allahabad, ALLAHABAD 211 001, Uttar Pradesh.
Status: University.
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 18,000
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (200 accessions), gymnosperms (50 spp.).
No. of taxa: 500
Rare and Endangered plants: A rich cycad collection.
• A Government Garden (Motilal Nehru Park), ALLAHABAD was established in 1857 near Allahabad Junction railway station for the production of fruit, ornamentals and greenhouse plants. It has a collection of 50,000 specimens of trees, shrubs and other plants.
Location: ALMORA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan
Address: Environment and Development, Kosi - Katarmal, ALMORA - 263 643, Uttar Pradesh.
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: AMRITSAR
Founded: 1975
Garden Name: Botanical Garden Guru Nanak Dev University
Address: Department of Biology, Guru Nanak Dev University, AMRITSAR 143 005, Punjab.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 4,000
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (5,000 accessions) such as Dalbergia sisso, Tectona grandis, Terminalia bellerica, Butea monosperma and Acacia spp. and a wide variety of other plants used for teaching and research, lilies, bamboos, cacti and other succulents (+100 spp.), medicinal plants such as Aegle marmelos and Embelica officinalis.
No. of taxa: 5,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Endemic, rare and endangered plants of the Indus Plains.
• Ram Bagh Garden (c/o Municipal nCorporation, AMRITSAR 143 001) in Amritsar was established in 1919 and is owned by the Punjab Government, but managed by Amritsar Municipality. Its collections include 850 taxa (290 spp. and 560 varieties) mainly of ornamental plants (eg. Roses, bougainvilleas, chrysanthemums, Gladiolus and annuals).
Location: ANAND
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Botanic Garden.
Address: Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, ANAND 288 110, Gujarat.
Status: University
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ANANDANAGAR
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions
Address: 50 MSH Layout, 2nd Stage, 3rd Main, Anandanagar, Bangalore - 560 024.
Status: Non governmental organisation
Ex situ Collections:
FRLHT coordinates a national network of medicinal plant nature reserves and local botanic gardens in India.
No. of taxa: Unknown
No information available.
Rare & Endangered plants: Many threatened Indian plants are conserved in FRLHT coordinated gardens.
Special Conservation Collections: Medicinal plants.
Location: AURANGABAD
Founded: 1964
Garden Name: Marathwada University Botanic Garden
Address: Marathwada University, AURANGABAD 431 004, Maharastra.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 50,000
Ex situ Collections:
Ornamentals (102 spp.), cacti and other succulents (200), Aloe (120 spp. and 23 hybrids).
No. of taxa: 1,075
Rare & Endangered plants: A few trees native to the region.
Location: BANGALORE
Founded: 1856
Garden Name: Lalbagh Botanical Garden
Address: Department of Horticulture, Karnataka State Government, BANGALORE 560 004, Karnataka.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 3,000
Ex situ Collections:
Orchids, Dioscorea, Cassia, Indian flora, ornamental flowering trees, shrubs, climbers, medicinal plants, annuals.
No. of taxa: c.1,800 taxa (1,854 spp. and 890 cvs.)
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: BANGALORE
Founded: 1973
Garden Name: The Botanical Garden Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra
Address: College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, GKVK Campus, University of Agricultural Sciences, BANGALORE 560 065, Karnataka.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 3,000
Ex situ Collections:
Native and exotic trees and shrubs, medicinal plants (+600 species), weeds. Produces a regular seed list.
No. of taxa: 1,600
Rare & Endangered plants: Trees native to Karnataka. Studies on Pterocarpus santalinus (Red sandal wood), Rauvolfia tetraphylla. Other endangered plants cultivated include Cycas circinalis, Embelia ribes, Garcinia indica, Piper longum, Saraca asoca, Vateria indica.
Special Conservation Collections: Evergreen forest species of Karnataka.
Location: BANGALORE
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Indian Institute of Horticultural Research.
Address: Hessarghatta Lake, BANGALORE 560 080, Karnataka.
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BANGALORE
Founded: in 19th century.
Garden Name: Sri Chamarajendra Park (formerly Cubbon Park).
Address: BANGALORE 560 001, Karnataka.
Status:State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs, including Araucaria (4 spp.), Cassia, Lagerstroemia, Swietenia mahogoni, Tabebuia, Castanospermum australe, Samanea saman, bamboo, roses (3,000 accessions), Sansevierias.
No. of taxa: +1,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: BARANG
Founded: 1963
Garden Name: State Botanical Garden
Address: BARANG 754 005, Cuttack, Orissa.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 500
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (750 spp.), cacti, palms
No. of taxa: 1,500 (spp.) (and 2,500 cvs.)
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: BARRACKPORE
Founded: 1964
Garden Name: Jawahar Kunj Garden
Address: Range Officer, Jawahar Kunj, P.O.: BARRACKPOREANG, Dist.: North 24-Parganas, West Bengal.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes.
Ex situ Collections:
Perennial plants (2,000 accessions) and roses.
No. of taxa: 250 (spp.)
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: BHAGALPUR
Founded: 1923
Garden Name: Botanical Garden
Address: Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour, BHAGALPUR, Bihar.
Status: Autonomous Body
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (117 accessions).
No. of taxa: 75
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BHAGALPUR
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Bhagalpur University Botanical Garden
Address: Post Graduate Department of Botany, Bhagalpur University, BHAGALPUR, Bihar.
Status: University.
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown.
Ex situ Collections:
Angiosperms (207 spp.), gymnosperms (14 spp.), including 71 tree species, 78 shrub species, 46 climbers, and 12 palm species, ferns, cacti and other succulents, medicinal plants, Hibiscus, Ephedra, Ginkgo biloba, Terminalia bellerica, T. chebula, Santalum album, Strychnos nux-vomica.
No. of taxa: 221 (spp.)
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: BHEL
Founded: 1965
Garden Name: Bhel Garden Complex
Address: BHEL (Piplani), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (10,000 accessions).
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: BHUBANESWAR
Founded: 1971
Garden Name: Utkal University Botanic Garden
Address: Department of Botany, Utkal University, Vani Bihar, BHUBANESWAR 751 004, Orissa.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,000
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (200 spp.), ornamentals
No. of taxa: 1,200
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes
Special Conservation Collections: Orchids, Discorea, medicinal plants.
Location: BHUBANESWAR
Founded: 1985
Garden Name: Regional Plant Resources Centre Bhubaneswar
Address: Botanic Garden, Government of Orissa, BHUBANESWAR 751012.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 5,000
Ex situ Collections:
Dioscorea, orchids, bamboos.
No. of taxa: 1,200
Rare & Endangered plants: wild orchids, Discorea spp., medicinal plants
Special Conservation Collections: Orchids, mangrove species, endangered plants.
Location: BODH GAYA
Founded: 1975
Garden Name: Magadh University Botanical Garden
Address: P.G. Department of Botany, Magadh University, BODH GAYA 824 234, Bihar.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Trees & shrubs, botanical & horticultural interest.
No. of taxa: 750
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BOLPUR
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Department of Botany and Botanic Garden.
Address: Ravindra Bharti University, SANTINIKETAN - 731 235, Bolpur, Dist. Birbhum, West Bengal.
Status: University
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: BURDWAN
Founded: 1964
Garden Name: Burdwan University Botanic Garden
Address: Department of Botany, Burdwan University, BURDWAN, Golapbag, West Bengal, 713104 India.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 5,000
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (500), Annonaceae, Rosaceae.
No. of taxa: 700
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes.
Special Conservation Collections: Leguminosae, Lentibulariaceae, Olaceae, Malpighiaceae etc.
Location: CALCUTTA
Founded: 1787
Garden Name: Indian Botanic Garden
Address: Botanical Survey of India, P.O. Botanic Garden, HOWRAH 711 103, West Bengal.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,500,000
Ex situ Collections:
Economic plants, medicinal plants, Palmae (109 spp.), Bambuseae (26 spp.),Orchidaceae (80 spp.), Jasmines (25 spp.), water lilies (30 cvs of 4 spp.), Pandanus, Bougainvillea (148 cvs.), Citrus, succulents (100 spp.), medicinal plants (450 spp.).
No. of taxa: 5,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Some.
Location: CALCUTTA
Founded: 1836
Garden Name: Eden Gardens
Address: CALCUTTA 700 021, West Bengal.
Status: State.
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Trees, shrubs, climbers, aquatics, ferns, orchids, shade plants.
No. of taxa: 103
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: CALCUTTA
Founded: 1820 (The present garden was established in 1872)
Garden Name: The Agri-Horticultural Society of India
Address: 1, Alipore Road, CALCUTTA 700 027, West Bengal.
Status: Autonomous Body
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Tropical ornamental plants, fruit plants, economic plants. Hibiscus, Plumeria, Rosa, Bougainvillea.
No. of taxa: Unknown.
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: CALCUTTA
Founded: 1918
Garden Name: Experimental cum Botanic Garden
Address: Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, CALCUTTA 700 019, West Bengal.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 25,000
Ex situ Collections:
A general collection of angiosperms, gymnosperms, pteridophytes and other lower plants.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.:
• The Assembly House in Calcutta includes a 6 ha. Garden with a collection of about 160 perennial species, as well as a rose garden containing 250 varieties. (Deputy Secretary, Leglislative Assembly House,Calcutta 700 001, West Bengal.
• Bidhan Sishu Udyan (Children’s Park), Calcutta, has a large collection of trees, shrubs climbers and decorative plants (1, Bidhan Sishu Sarani, Calcutta 700 054.)
• Deshbandhu Park, Calcutta has a collection nof over 5,000 trees and shrubs, representing 400 species. Notable species include Couroupita guianensis, Ceiba pentandra, Polyalthia longifolia and Cassia fistulosa. (Executive Engineer (Parks & Squares), Calcutta Municipal Corporation, 5 S. N. Nanerjee Road, Calcutta 700 013).
• Jatindra Mohan Park, Calcutta contains a collection of trees and shrubs, cacti and succulents, ferns, palms, anthuriums and other herbaceous perennials. (Executive Engineer, (Parks & Squares), Calcutta Municipal Corporation, 5 S. N. Nanerjee Road, Calcutta 700 013).
• Jheel Meel Safari Park, Calcutta contains about 10,000 trees and shrubs. (Jheel Meel Safari Park, Salt Lake City, Calcutta 700 091).
• Raj Bhavan Garden, Calcutta contains over 10,000 trees and shrubs and other plants, including 200 rose varieties, orchids, cacti and other succulents. (Garden Superintendent, Raj Bhavan, Calcutta 700 062).
• Victoria Memorial Garden, Calcutta includes about 1,000 trees and shrubs, representing 125 species. (Victoria Memorial Garden, I Queen’s Way, Calcutta 700 073.
Location: CALICUT
Founded: 1971
Garden Name: Calicut University Botanical Garden
Address: Department of Botany, Calicut University, CALICUT 673 635, Kerala.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 30,000
Ex situ Collections:
Trees, shrubs and other plants (10,000 accessions), Zingiberaceae, Araceae, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Bromeliaceae. Economic plant collectionsof banana, pineapple and winged beans and other crops.
No. of taxa: 4,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes.
Special Conservation Collections: Pteridophytes, winged bean, pineapple, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon.
Location: CHANDIGARH
Founded: 1961
Garden Name: Panjab University Botanical Garden
Address: Department of Botany, Panjab University, Sector 14, CHANDIGARH 160 014, Union Territory of Chandigarh.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 15,000
Ex situ Collections:
300 trees and shrubs, 255 cacti and other succulents, aquatics, ferns, orchids, conservatory plants, rockery plants.
No. of taxa: +1,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes, threatened gymnosperms, orchids, cacti and pteridophytes.
Location: CHAUBATTIA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Government Gardens
Address: CHAUBATTIA 263 651, Almora, Uttar Pradesh.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Temperate fruit and nut trees, vegetables, ornamental plants, including almond, apple, apricot, cherry, hazelnuts, horse chestnut, peach, pear, persimon, plum, walnut.
No. of taxa: Unknown, but 22,500 accessions grown.
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: CHITRAKUT
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Dept. of Botany & Botanic Garden
Address: C.G. Vishwavidhalaya, CHITRAKUT 210 204, U.P.
Status: University.
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: COIMBATORE
Founded: 1906
Garden Name: University Botanic Garden
Address: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Lawley Road (P.O.), COIMBATORE 641 003.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes. The Herbarium of the Botanical Survey of India (Southern Circle) is located on the campus of the university. Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 150,000
Ex situ Collections:
Hibiscus, Bougainvillea, Codiaeum, roses, cacti and succulents.
No. of taxa: 1,100 (300 spp. and 800 vars.)
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown:
Location: COIMBATORE
Founded: 1971
Garden Name: Institute of Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding
Address: PO Box 1031, COIMBATORE 641 002, Tamil Nadu.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 40,000
Ex situ Collections:
Wild orchids and rare plants of Western Ghats Forest of Peninsular India.
No. of taxa: 167
Rare & Endangered plants:Endangered - 4 spp., endemic - 15 spp.
Special Conservation Collections: Some rare, endemic and endangered species from Western Ghats forests of Peninsular India in greenhouse.
Location: COOCH BEHAR
Founded: 1892
Garden Name: Narendra Narayan Park and Botanic Garden
Address: Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV), North Bengal Campus, COOCH BEHAR - 736 101, West Bengal.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Contains a collection of about 1,000 trees and shrubs, representing 95 species. It includes the spice plants, Cinnamomum tamala, C. zeylanicum and Piper nigrum.
No. of taxa: 95 spp.
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: COOCH BEHAR
Founded: 1979
Garden Name: Botanic Garden of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
Address: Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV), North Bengal Campus, COOCH BEHAR - 736 101, West Bengal.
Status: Autonomous Body
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (200 spp.).
No. of taxa: 350 spp.
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
• There are about 10 other parks maintained by the municipality in Cooch Behar, with a variety of collections.
Location: COONOOR
Founded: 1874
Garden Name: Sim's Park Coonoor
Address: p/a Office of the Curator, Government Botanic Gardens, Ootacamund 643-001, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Trees & shrubs, ornamental, economic, medicinal plants, orchids (30 spp.), roses (300 cvs), Acacia, Camellia, Cupressus, Eucalyptus, Magnolia, Pinus, Prunus, Quercus, Rhododendron.
No. of taxa: 700 (400 spp. and 300 cvs).
Rare & Endangered plants: Rare and threatened plants of the Nilgiris.
• The Pomological Station at Coonoor is situated near Sim’s Park. Established in 1920, it contains a collection of fruits of temperate and subtropical climates, including apple, pear, plum, peach, persimon, fig, pomegranite, lemon, cherimoyer, etc.
• The State Horticultural Farm, Burliar, is situated on the Mettupalayam to Coonoor Road at The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. Its collections include a wide variety of fruit and spice plants (eg. Clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom, pepper, arecanut, roseapple, avocado, durian, grapefruit, mangosteen, vanilla, cocoa, jackfruit. It is managed by the State Government’s Dept of Horticulture and was established in 1871.
Location: DARJEELING
Founded: 1878
Garden Name: Lloyd Botanic Garden
Address: DARJEELING 734 101, West Bengal.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 30,000
Ex situ Collections:
Conifers, exotic and indigenous plants, orchids, Magnolia.
No. of taxa: 1,800
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: DARJEELING
Founded: 1948
Garden Name: Darjeeling Botanic Garden
Address: Department of Botany, Darjeeling Government College, DARJEELING 734 101, West Bengal.
Status: Educational Establishment
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Acanthaceae, Betulaceae, Saxifragaceae, Solanaceae, Rosaceae, Ericaceae, foliage plants, temperate and subtropical Himalayan spp.
No. of taxa: +100
Rare & Endangered plants: No information available.
Special Conservation Collections: Plants of the region.
Location: DARJEELING
Founded: 1958
Garden Name: Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park
Address: Jawahar Parbat (Birch Hill), P.O. & Dist.: Darjeeling, DARJEELING 734 101, West Bengal.
Status: Private
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Himalayan forest species.
No. of taxa: Unknown.
Rare & Endangered plants: Endangered Himalayan species.
Special Conservation Collections: Plants of the region.
Location: DEHRA DUN
Founded: 1934
Garden Name: Botanical Garden
Address: Forest Research Institute and Colleges, PO New Forest, DEHRA DUN, 248006 Uttar Pradesh.
Status: Educational Establishment
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 330,000
Ex situ Collections:
Timber, ornamental and other economic species, bamboos, gymnosperms.
No. of taxa: 2,200 (1,000 spp. and 1,200 varieties).
Rare & Endangered plants: No information available.
Location: DEHRA DUN
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Experimental Gardens Dehra Dun
Address: Botanical Survey of India (Northern Circle), P.O. Khirsu, Garhwal 246 001, Uttar Pradesh.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 500
Ex situ Collections:
Trees & shrubs, Morus, Pinus, Populus, Prunus, Sapindus, wild germplasm of the Himalayas, medicinal plants.
No. of taxa: 1,500
Rare & Endangered plants: Himalayan threatened plants.
Special Conservation Collections: Himalayan species including medicinal plants.
Location: DELHI
Founded: 1976
Garden Name: Botanical Garden NBPGR
Address: National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Horticulture Section, Issapur Village, Najafgarh Block, DELHI.
Status: Autonomous body
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Ornamental plants, germplasm collections of horticultural crops.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: DELHI
Founded: 1947
Garden Name: Delhi University Botanical Garden
Address: Department of Botany, Delhi University, DELHI 110 007.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 13,000
Ex situ Collections:
General research and teaching collection
No. of taxa: Unknown.
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: DHARWAD
Founded: 1963
Garden Name: Botany Garden
Address: Botany Department, Karnatak University, DHARWAD - 580 003, Karnataka.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes. Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 2,000
Ex situ Collections:
Plants representing the Western Ghats and other exotic collections.
No. of taxa: 1,400
Rare & Endangered plants: Ficus krishna
Special Conservation Collections: Launaea nobilis, Ficus krishna, Rauvolfia serpentina
Location: DHAULAKUAN
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Arboretum,
Address: Department of Forestry, DHAULAKUAN, Himachal Pradesh.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
No information available.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: GANGTOK
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Botanical Survey of India.
Address: Sikkim Himalaya Circle, GANGTOK - 737 101, Sikkim.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
• Raj Bhavan Garden, in GANGTOK attached to the Governor’s Palace, contains a collection of 50 species and an orchid collection.
Location: GUWAHATI
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Dept. of Botany & Botanic Garden
Address: Guwahati University, GUWAHATI 781 014, Assam.
Status: University
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: HAMDARD NAGAR
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Dept. of Botany & Botanic Garden
Address: Faculty of Science, Hamdard University, Hamdard Nagar, NEW DELHI 110 062.
Status: University
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: HYDERABAD
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Botanic Garden Department of Botany
Address: Osmania University, HYDERABAD - 7, Andhra Pradesh.
Status: University
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Ferns, cacti, succulents, Codiaeum, Coleus, other ornamental plants, tropical trees and shrubs.
No. of taxa: 1,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: IMPHAL
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Dept. of Life Sciences & Botanic Garden
Address: Manipur University, IMPHAL 795 003, Manipur.
Status: University
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: ITANAGAR
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: State Forest Research Institute
Address: Van Bihar, P.O. Box No. 159, ITANAGAR 791 111, Arunchal Pradesh.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
• A botanic garden is being developed by the University of Jabalpore, Pachpedi, Jabalpore 482 001. It includes a small herbarium.
Location: JABALPUR
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Tropical Forest Research Institute, (ICFRE).
Address: P.O. RFRC, Mandla road, JABALPUR - 482 021, Madhya Pradesh.
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: JAIPUR
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Dept. of Botany & Botanic Garden
Address: University of Rajasthan, JAIPUR - 302 004, Rajasthan.
Status: University
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: JAMMU TAWI
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Dept. of Bio-Sciences & Botanic Garden.
Address: University of Jammu, JAMMU TAWI 180 004, Jammu and Kashmir.
Status: University
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: JAMMU-TAWI
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Herbarium and Botanic Garden.
Address: Regional and Research Laboratory, Canal Road, JAMMU-TAWI - 180 001, J & K.
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: JAMSHEDPUR
Founded: 1958
Garden Name: Jubilee Park
Address: JAMSHEDPUR 831 005, Singhbhum, Bihar.
Status: Private
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Trees & shrubs (7,800 accessions), roses, Chrysanthemum, Dahlia, flowering plants of the region.
No. of taxa: 1,200
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
• Telco Garden and Nursery, Jamshedpur, established in 1963 has a good collection of trees, shrubs and fruit species. (Tata Engineering & Locomotive Company (Telco). Jamshedpur 831 010, Dist.: Singhblum, Bihar).
Location: JODHPUR
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Botanical Survey of India
Address: Arid Zone Circle, 775/80, Subhash Nagar, Khema Ka Kuan, Pal Basni Canal Link Road, Post Bag No. 46, JODHPUR - 342 008, Rajasthan.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: JODHPUR
Founded: 1963
Garden Name: Central Arid Zone Research Institute
Address: (I.C.A.R.), JODHPUR - 342 003, Rajasthan.
Status: State
Herbarium: yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 6,000
Ex situ Collections:
Arid and semi-aridland plants.
No. of taxa: 850
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
• Ganga Niwas Garden, Jodhpur has a collection of 110 trees and 300 shrubs of botanical and horticultural interest. (Inspector of Garden, Garden Department, Bikaner, Dist.: Bikaner, Rajasthan.
• Mandore Garden, Jodhpur contains a collection of 1,200 trees and shrubs, including an orchard of mango, jamun, mulberry, fig, tamarind, guava as well as roses, cacti. (Superintendent, Government Garden, Jodhpur, Dist.: Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
• Also in Jodhpur are Nehru Park and Umaid Garden (formerly The Willingdon Garden), both with extensive collections of trees and shrubs.
Location: JUNAGADH
Founded: 1900
Garden Name: Botanical Garden (Motibang)
Address: Department of Agricultural Botany, Gujarat Agricultural University, JUNAGADH 362 001, Gujarat.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,351
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (650 accessions), medicinal plants, Cassia spp., Delonix, Ficus, Terminalia, cacti.
No. of taxa: 175
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: KALLAR
Founded: 1900
Garden Name: State Horticultural Farm
Address: KALLAR, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Tropical and subtropical spice and fruit plants, such a clove, nutmeg, cardamom, cinnamon, avocado, grapefruit, mangosteen, durian etc.
No. of taxa: 50
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: KODAIKANAL
Founded: 1908
Garden Name: The Bryant Park
Address: KODAIKANAL, Tamil Nadu.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Trees & shrubs (325 spp.), annuals (100 spp.), perennials, roses (742 cvs.), cacti, succulents, orchids, Chrysanthemum.
No. of taxa: 1,167.
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: KOTTAKUPPAM
Founded: 1968
Garden Name: Auroville
Address: Shakti - Auroville, KOTTAKUPPAM 605 104.
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Yes.
Ex situ Collections:
Acacia, Bauhinia, Cassia, Hibiscus, orchids, Plumeria.
No. of taxa: 2,000
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: KRISHNANAGAR
Founded: 1934
Garden Name: State Horticultural Research Station
Address: P.O. KRISHNANAGAR, Dist: Nadia, West Bengal.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Citrus, custard apple, guava, litchi, mango, banana, pineapple, sapota and other fruits, vegetables and ornamental plants, represented by about 150 varieties.
No. of taxa: 150 (20 spp.)
Rare & Endangered plants: No.
Location: LUCKNOW
Founded: 1953 (but historic records of the Garden date back to 1800)
Garden Name: National Botanical Research Institute
Address: Rana Pratap Marg, P.B. No. 436, LUCKNOW 226 001, Uttar Pradesh.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 90,000.
Ex situ Collections:
Varietal collection of ornamental and non-agricultural economic crops, eg rose (500 rose hybrids), Canna (150 taxa), Gladiolus (120 taxa), Bougainvillea,(250 taxa), Hibiscus, Chrysanthemum (450 taxa), Ixora, bulbous plants, Vitis vinifera, Eucalyptus. The arboretum contains about 500 native and exotic tree species. Under glass, collections of palms (60 species), cacti and other succulents (500 species) and ferns (65 native and exotic species) are maintained.
No. of taxa: 6,000
Rare & Endangered plants: A wide range of threatened species are cultivated, including the following - Frerea indica, Bentinckia nicobarica, Commiphora wightii, Cycas beddomei, C. pectinata, Erythrina resupinata, Hoya pendula, H. wightii, Rauvolfia serpentina, Phoenix rubicola, Sophora mollis, Tecomella undullata and Vanilla planifolia.
Location: LUCKNOW
Founded: 1951
Garden Name: Botanic Garden of the Central Drug Research Institute
Address: Chattar Manzil Palace, LUCKNOW, Uttar Pradesh.
Status: Autonomous Body
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 30,000
Ex situ Collections:
Medicinal plants.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: MADRAS
Founded: 1835
Garden Name: Agri-Horticultural Society
Address: 31 Cathedral Road, MADRAS 600 086, Tamil Nadu.
Status: Private
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Trees, shrubs and ornamentals.
No. of taxa: 110
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: MADRAS
Founded: 1964
Garden Name: Entomology Research Institute
Address: Loyola College (Autonomous), Madras-600 034.
Status: Educational Establishment
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Medicinal and insecticidal plants, botanical pesticidal plants. Wild pulses.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes
Location: MADRAS
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Department of Botany and Botanic Garden.
Address: University of Madras, MADRAS - 600 005, Tamil Nadu.
Status: University
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: MADURAI
Founded: 1973
Garden Name: Madurai Kamraj University Botanic Garden
Address: Division of Plant Sciences, Madurai Kamraj University, MADURAI 625 021, Tamil Nadu.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 400
Ex situ Collections:
Trees & shrubs (3,500 accessions), local succulents, Nagamalai flora.
No. of taxa: 250
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: MANALI
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Arboretum
Address: Department of Forestry, MANALI, Himachal Pradesh.
Status: State
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: MEERUT
Founded: 1970
Garden Name: Meerut University Botanical Garden
Address: Botany Department, Meerut University, MEERUT, Uttar Pradesh.
Status: University
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
No information available.
No. of taxa: Unknown.
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: MUMBAI (BOMBAY)
Founded: 1862
Garden Name: Veermata Jijabai Bhosle Udyan and Pranisangrahalaya
Address:, Byculla, BOMBAY 400 027, Maharashtra.
Status: Municipal
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (3,624 accessions), foliage plants.
No. of taxa: 480
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: MUMBAI (BOMBAY)
Founded: 1930
Garden Name: Botanical Garden
Address: Institute of Sciences, BOMBAY 400 032, Maharashtra.
Status: Educational Establishment
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Pteridophytes, gymnosperms.
No. of taxa: 175
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: MUMBAI (BOMBAY)
Founded: 1964
Garden Name: Landscape & Cosmetic Maintenance Section
Address: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Bombay 400085.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,000
Ex situ Collections:
Lawn grasses, Bougainvillea, Canna.
No. of taxa: 1,500
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: MUNIRABAD
Founded: 1967
Garden Name: Pampavana Garden
Address: Munirabad, Dist.: Raichur, Karnataka
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Flowering trees
No. of taxa: 803 (including 564 spp. and 239 vars.)
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: MYSORE
Founded: 1927
Garden Name: Brindavan Gardens
Address: c/o Assistant Director of Horticulture, Brindavan Gardens, K.R. Sagar, Vangapatna Taluk, MYSORE, Mandya, Karnataka.
Status: State.
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Herbaceous annuals and perennials, bougainvilleas, Mussaenda.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: MYSORE
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Dept. of Botany & Botanic Garden
Address: University of Mysore, MYSORE, Karnataka.
Status: University
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
• Other Gardens in Mysore include Curzon Park and Nishat Baugh, both with good collections of trees, shrubs and ornamental plants.
Location: NAGPUR
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Botanic Garden - College of Agriculture
Address: NAGPUR 440 001, Maharashtra.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: NEW DELHI
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Genetics Division
Address: Indian Agricultural Research Institute, NEW DELHI 110012.
Status: Educational Establishment
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 400
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
• Other gardens in New Delhi with good plant collections include Buddha Jayanti Park (with 160 spp. and in particular plants associated with the life of Lord Buddha), Lodi Garden (8,000 accessions), Nehru Park (+4,000 accessions), Rashtrapati Bhavan Garden (flowering trees, bulbs, orchids, bougainvillea, ferns, succulents and 4090 varieties of rose), Talkatora Garden (1,000 tree accessions in 40 genera).
Location: NEW ITANAGAR
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Arunchal Field Station.
Address: Botanical Survey of India, Sankie View, NEW ITANAGAR - 791 110, Arunachal Pradesh.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 6,000
Ex situ Collections:
A general collection of tropical species, including epiphytes, orchids, Melastomataceae, Zingiberaceae, rhododendrons and trees from the surrounding region.
No. of taxa: c.500
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: NORTH WAYANAD
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Narayana Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary
Address: East West University, Department of Botany, Alattil P.O., NORTH WAYANAD, Kerala.
Status: Private
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Native pteridophytes, orchids and other species from the Western Ghats.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Many locally endangered species, particularly orchids, such as Chrysoglossum maculatum and ferns. Conservation is the primary mission of the Sanctuary.
Location: OOTACAMUND
Founded: 1847
Garden Name: Government Botanic Gardens
Address: OOTACAMUND 643-001, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,000
Ex situ Collections:
Economic plants, cacti and succulents, orchids (120 spp.), ferns (127 spp.), roses (300 cvs.), begonias, chicory, annuals and herbaceous perennials, conifers, Cinchona, Eucalyptus, wattle.
No. of taxa: 1,100
Rare & Endangered plants: Several threatened conifers and other woody species.
Special Conservation Collections: Aims to conserve plants from the warm temperate climates.
Location: PADAGIRI
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: NHCS - Nelliyampathi Hills Conservation Society
Address: formerly Magali Estates (P) Ltd., PADAGIRI P.O. 678 509, Kerala.
Status: Private.
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: PALAMPUR
Founded: 1981.
Garden Name: Dhauladhar Botanical Gardens and Arboretum
Address: Department of Forestry, Haryana Pradesh Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, PALAMPUR, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.
Status: Autonomous Body
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (350 accessions), gymnosperms, legumes, azaleas, orchids.
No. of taxa: 100
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: PALAYAMKOTTAI
Founded: 1999.
Garden Name: St. Xavier's College Botanic Garden
Address:, Centre for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, St Xavier’s College, PALAYAMKOTTAI, Tamil Nadu 627 002.
Status: Educational Establishment.
Herbarium: Yes. Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: Includes 10,000 fern specimens and the voucher specimens for Fr Matthew’s Flora of the Palni Hills.
Ex situ Collections:
Native ferns of the Western Ghats.
No. of taxa: c.150
Rare & Endangered plants: Rare and endangered plants of the Western Ghats, especially from the Palni Hills in which the Garden is situated and endangered ferns.
Location: PALGHAT
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: AVREFA Herbal Garden.
Address: AVP Factory Complex, Kanjikode, PALGHAT 678 621, Kerala.
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: PATIALA
Founded: 1972
Garden Name: Punjabi University Botanic Gardens
Address: Department of Botany, Punjabi University, PATIALA 147 002, Punjab.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 52,000
Ex situ Collections:
Bamboo garden, Bougainvillea garden, bulb garden, cactus garden (including 78 types of cactus and succulents), Canna garden, Gymnosperms (23 types), palm garden, tropical plant house.
No. of taxa: 400
Rare & Endangered plants:Yes 17. Endangered trees of the Punjab and western Himalayas.
Special Conservation Collections: Representative collections of North Indian flora, Gymnosperms, timber and conservation of germplasm of wild species.
• A nearby garden in Patiala, Chotti Baradari Gardens contains several groves of rare exotic and endemic trees, together with varieties of rare mangoes and guavas. Its glasshouse collections include over 100 varieties of Himalayan ferns, Caladium spp. crotons, palms, orchids, Dracaena spp. and Gloxinia spp.
Location: PAURI
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Experimental Garden
Address: Botanical Survey of India (Northern Circle), Pauri, Garhwal 246 001, Uttar Pradesh.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
• Mughal Garden, PINJORE, Haryana, has an extensive collection of fruit tres, including jackfruit, mango, litchi, papaya, banana, bael, chiku, loquat and ornamental trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants.
Location: PONDICHERRY
Founded: 1826
Garden Name: The Pondicherry Botanical Garden
Address: P.O. & Dist. Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu.
Status: State.
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 250
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (2,260 accessions), roses, ornamentals, medicinal plants.
No. of taxa: 500
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: PORT BLAIR
Founded: 1980.
Garden Name: Experimental Garden of Botanical Survey of India (Andaman-Nicobar)
Address: Port Blair 744102, South Andaman.
Status: State.
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Mainly native plants of the Andaman-Nicobar Islands and exotic plants of potential economic importance for the islands.
No. of taxa: c.160
Rare & Endangered plants: Kaempferia siphonantha, Euphorbia epiphylloides, Caesaria andamanica, Arisaema saddlepeakense and other Andaman-Nicobar Island endemics.
Location: PUNE
Founded: 1958
Garden Name: Experimental Botanical Gardens
Address: Botanical Survey of India (Western Circle), 7 Koregaon Road, PUNE 411 001, Maharashtra.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 500
Ex situ Collections:
Medicinal plants, orchids, trees and shrubs, economic plants.
No. of taxa: 400
Rare & Endangered plants: A few threatened species, such as Ceropegia attenuata, C. vincaefolia, Frerea indica, Iphigenia stellata, Phaius tankervillea, Psilotum nudum, Rauvolfia serpentina, Santalum album and Vanilla wightiana.
Location: PUNE
Founded: 1830
Garden Name: Empress Botanical Gardens
Address: PUNE (MS).
Status: Unknown.
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
Deciduous trees, tropical shrubs/climbers and exotic foliage plants.
No. of taxa: Unknown.
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: PUNE
Founded: 1961
Garden Name: University of Poona Botanic Garden
Address: PUNE 411 007, Maharashtra.
Status: University
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (350 accessions), ferns, gymnosperms, orchids.
No. of taxa: 520
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: RAE BARELI
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Indira Gandhi Memorial Botanical Garden.
Address: RAE BARELI - 229 001, Uttar Pradesh.
Status: Unknown
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: RAIPUR
Founded: 1979
Garden Name: Ravi Sankar University Botanical Garden
Address: Department of Biosciences, Ravi Sankar University, RAIPUR 492 010, Madhya Pradesh.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 300
Ex situ Collections:
Ornamentals, trees, shrubs.
No. of taxa: 205 (75 spp.and 130 vars)
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: RAJKOT
Founded: 1978
Garden Name: Saurashtra University Experimental Garden
Address: Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, RAJKOT 360 005, Gujarat.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,000
Ex situ Collections:
Small garden collection of plants used in ecological research.
No. of taxa: 100
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: RUMTEK
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Jawaharlal Nehru Botanic Garden
Address: Land Use & Environment Dept., RUMTEK, Sikkim.
Status: State.
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
A diverse collection of native plants from the region, such as species of Michelia, Phoebe, Persea, Quercus, Schima, Edgeworthia, etc. and other exotic species.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: SAGAR
Founded: 1946
Garden Name: Botanical Garden " Dr H.S. Gour Vishwavidyalaya"
Address: University of Sagar, SAGAR 470-003, Madhya Pradesh.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 10,000
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (500 spp), Ginkgo, Pinus, Tylophora, leafy cacti, Ephedra, Areca, Rauvolfia, Caryota, Dillenia, ferns.
No. of taxa: +2,000
Rare & Endangered plants:Ginkgo biloba, Rauvolfia serpentina, Viscum, Paracalyx scariosus, Hymenodictyon orixense.
Special Conservation Collections: Native plants of the Himalayas and Western Ghats.
Location: SAHARANPUR
Founded: before 1750
Garden Name: Horticultural Experiment and Training Centre
Address: SAHARANPUR 247 001, Uttar Pradesh.
Status: Educational Establishment
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 820
Ex situ Collections:
Tropical and subtropical fruits and ornamental plants. Economic plants (such as Ilex paraguensis, Macademia ternifolia, Ficus retusa, Gleditschia ferox, Haematoxylon campechianum, Koelreuteria paniculata, Pithecelobium saman, Schotia brachyptala and Zamia latifolia), medicinal plants.
No. of taxa: 1,500
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: SANTINIKETAN
Founded: 1953 (university gardens), 1919 (Uttarayan Complex)
Garden Name: Uttarayan Complex and Gardens.
Address: Ravindra Bhawan, Vishwa Bharti, SANTINIKETAN - 731 235, West Bengal.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (7,000 accessions).
No. of taxa: Unknown, probably about 300.
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: SHILLONG
Founded: 1959
Garden Name: National Orchidarium and Botanic Garden
Address: Botanical Survey of India (Eastern Circle), Woodlands, SHILLONG 793 001, Meghalaya.
Status: State
Herbarium: No.
Ex situ Collections:
Ferns, conifers, medicinal plants, economic plants, orchids.
No. of taxa: 210
Rare & Endangered plants: Some threatened orchids
Location: SHILLONG
Founded: 1966
Garden Name: Barapani Experimental Garden
Address: Botanical Survey of India (Eastern Circle), Barapani, SHILLONG, Meghalaya.
Status: State
Herbarium: No
Ex situ Collections:
Orchids, Nepenthes, medicinal plants, insectivorous plants, arboricultural species.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Nepenthes khasiana
Special Conservation Collections: Aims to collect rare and endangered species of N.E. India.
Location: SHILLONG
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Botanic Garden
Address: Forest Department, Government of Meghalaya, SHILLONG, Meghalaya.
Status: State.
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Native woody plants from the local region.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: SIRAI TALUKA
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Botanic Garden.
Address: Forest Research Centre, Terakanahalli, SIRAI TALUKA, Dist. Uttara Kannada, Karnataka.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
• Gandhi Park, SIROHI, Dak Bungalow, Rajasthan contains a collection of 420 trees and shrubs.
Location: SOLAN
Founded: 1980
Garden Name: Botanical Garden and Arboretum
Address: Department of Forestry, Himachal Pradesh Krishi Visva Vidyalaya, SNS Nagar, Nauni, SOLAN 173 230, Himachal Pradesh.
Status: Unknown.
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1,000
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (600 accessions), including azaleas, camellias, oaks, gymnosperms, tropical pines, bougainvilleas. Locally indigenous species.
No. of taxa: 200
Rare & Endangered plants: Yes, e.g. Pinus gerardiana, Cunninghamia sinensis, Ginkgo biloba, etc.
Location: SRINAGAR
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Dept. of Botany & University Botany Garden
Address: Kashmir University, SRINAGAR, Jummu and Kashmir.
Status: University
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
• Also in Srinagar are the Shalimar Gardens, Nishat Bagh (3km. north of Shalimar) and Chashma-E-Shahi Garden, each with good collections of trees and shrubs.
Location: SURAT
Founded: 1979
Garden Name: University Botanical Garden
Address: Department of Biosciences, South Gujarat University, Post Box 49, SURAT 395 007, Gujarat.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 5,000
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs of South Gujarat Forests (700 accessions), medicinal plants,
No. of taxa: 300
Rare & Endangered plants: Attempts have been made to collect and raise rare species of South Gujaret forests.
Location: THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Founded: 1979
Garden Name: Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute
Address: Palode, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 695 562, Kerala.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 24,000
Ex situ Collections:
Orchids, Ficus, medicinal plants (about 700 species), palms, bamboos.
No. of taxa: 2,200
Rare & Endangered plants: Many rare and threatened plants are cultivated, from the Western Ghats and locally from the Agastyamalai Hills. Threatened species collections include the following: Adhatoda beddomei, Eriocaulon dalzelli, Coscinium fenestratum, Bentinckia coddapanna, Vanda coerulea, Paphiopedilum druryi, Ipsea malabarica, Kaempferia galanga, etc.
Location: THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Founded: 1968
Garden Name: Kerala University Botanic Garden.
Address: Kerala University, Kariavattam, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala.
Status: University.
Herbarium: Unknown.
Ex situ Collections:
Economic,medical, horticultural plants and wild relatives of crops.
No. of taxa: (1,650 (including 1,300 spp.and 350 cv.)
Rare & Endangered plants: Some local species.
Location: THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Founded: 1858
Garden Name: Government Botanic Gardens.
Address: Dept. of Museum & Zoos, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 695 001, Kerala.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
Tropical and ornamental flowering trees and shrubs
No. of taxa: c.4,500 (800 spp. and 4,000 varieties)
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: TIPI
Founded: 1972
Garden Name: Botanic Garden
Address: Orchid Research and Development Centre, TIPI, Bhalukpong 790 114, Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 1950
Ex situ Collections:
Orchids (19,322 orchid specimens representing 400 spp), Nepenthes, indigenous tree species, succulents, timber trees.
No. of taxa: 350
Rare & Endangered plants: 22 endangered orchids of the north east region of India, Coptis teeta, Nepenthes khasia.
Location: TIRUCHIRAPALLI
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: The Rapinat Herbarium
Address: St Joseph's College, TIRUCHIRAPALLI 620 002, Tamil Nadu.
Status: Educational Establishment.
Herbarium: Yes
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: TRICHUR
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Botanic Garden
Address: Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Dist. TRICHUR, Kerala.
Status: State
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Special Conservation Collections: Unknown
Location: UJJAIN
Founded: 1969
Garden Name: Vikram University Botanic Garden
Address: School of Studies in Botany, Vikram University, UJJAIN 456 001, Madhya Pradesh.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 3,000
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs.
No. of taxa: 500
Rare & Endangered plants: 12 endangered & rare plants, eg. Bauhinia vahlii, Clematis triloba, Dillenia pentagyna, Ficus krishnae, Rauvolfia serpentina, Tylophora tenuis and Wrightia tinctoria.
Location: VADODARA
Founded: 1885
Garden Name: Maharaja Sayajirao University Botanical Gardens
Address: Dept. of Botany & Botanic Garden Faculty of Science, University of Baroda, VADODARA - 390 002, Gujarat.
Status: University.
Herbarium: Unknown.
Ex situ Collections:
Economic plants, ferns, medicinal plants, trees and shrubs (5,000 accessions)
No. of taxa: 500 (spp.)
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: VARANASI
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Department of Botany and Botanic Garden.
Address: Banaras Hindu University, VARANASI - 221 005, Uttar Pradesh.
Status: University.
Herbarium: Unknown
Ex situ Collections:
No information available
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: WAGHAI-DANGS
Founded: 1964
Garden Name: Waghai-Dangs Botanical Gardens
Address: WAGHAI-DANGS (Via Bilimora, Pin: 394 730, Gujarat.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 10,000
Ex situ Collections:
Trees and shrubs (800 spp.), herbaceous perennials and annuals
No. of taxa: c.1,800 (spp.)
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown.
Location: WALTAIR
Founded: Unknown
Garden Name: Andhra University Experimental Garden
Address: Department of Botany, Andhra University, WALTAIR, Visakhapatnam 530 003, Andhra Pradesh.
Status: University
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 14,500
Ex situ Collections:
Medicinal & poisonous plants.
No. of taxa: Unknown
Rare & Endangered plants: Unknown
Location: YERCAUD
Founded: 1963
Garden Name: National Orchidarium and Experimental Garden
Address: Botanical Survey of India (Southern Circle), YERCAUD 636 602, Salem District, Tamil Nadu.
Status: State
Herbarium: Yes Approx. no. of herbarium specimens: 8,000
Ex situ Collections:
Orchids (210 spp.), ferns (43 spp.), endangered plants, wild relatives of cultivated plants, ferns, cacti and succulents.
No. of taxa: 1,277
Rare & Endangered plants: Threatened plants of India
Special Conservation Collections: Orchids.
Key reference:
Chakraverty, R.K. and Mukhopadhyay, D.P., (1990). A Directory of Botanic Gardens and Parks in India. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, India.
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