The National Botanic Garden of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh National Herbarium make up the largest plant conservation center in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...

, with an area of around . It is located at Mirpur-2 in Dhaka,1100, beside the Dhaka Zoo. It was established in 1961. It is a

botanic garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe 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, an ...

, a knowledge center for nature lovers and botanists and a tourist destination. The

herbarium A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (calle ...

has a scientific collection of approximately 100,000 preserved specimens of plants.

Baldha Garden Balda Garden is a botanical garden which spans of land located at Wari in the old part of the city of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It has a collection of 672 species of plants. The Balda Garden is now managed as a satellite unit of the Na ...

which is in the Wari area of Dhaka is administratively part of the National Garden.

Maintenance

The garden provides learning and recreational facilities adjacent to the Dhaka Zoo. It is divided into 57 sections, and is managed by Forest Department under Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of

Living collections

Bangladesh National Herbarium's collection of plant and tree species is large.Botanic Gardens Conservation International-National Botanic Garden of Bangladesh
/ref> The garden houses about 56,000 individual trees, herbs, and shrubs including a huge collection of aquatic plants. Rare and exotic plant species in the garden include: *Anthurium (''

Anthurium crystallinum ''Anthurium crystallinum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to rainforest margins in Central and South America, from Panama to Peru. Growing to tall and broad, it is an epiphytic perennial, characterised by large, ve ...

'') *Camphor (''

Cinnamomum camphora ''Camphora officinarum'' is a species of evergreen tree that is commonly known under the names camphor tree, camphorwood or camphor laurel. Description ''Camphora officinarum'' is native to China south of the Yangtze River, Taiwan, southern ...

'') *Rabbit fern ('' Davallia canariensis'') *Dambia (''

Dombeya ''Dombeya'' is a flowering plant genus. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. These plants are known by a number of vernacular names which sometim ...

spectabilis'') *White rangan (''

Ixora ''Ixora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is the only genus in the tribe Ixoreae. It consists of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs and holds around 544 species. Though native to the tropical and subtropical areas ...

superba'') *Little mussanda (''

Mussaenda ''Mussaenda'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants. Species ''Mussaenda'' includes the following species: * ' ...

luteola'') *''

Victoria amazonica ''Victoria amazonica'' is a species of flowering plant, the second largest of the water lily family Nymphaeaceae. It is the national flower of Guyana. Its native regions are Guyana and tropical South America. Description The ''Victoria amazoni ...

'' *Harhjora ('' Cissus quadrangularis'') *

African tulip tree ''Spathodea'' is a genus in the plant family Bignoniaceae. The single species it contains, ''Spathodea campanulata'', is commonly known as the African tulip tree. The tree grows between tall and is native to tropical dry forests of Africa. It h ...

(''Spathodea campanulata'') *Sambucas (''

Sambucus nigra ''Sambucus nigra'' is a species complex of flowering plants in the family Adoxaceae native to most of Europe. Common names include elder, elderberry, black elder, European elder, European elderberry, European black elderberry and tramman (Isle ...

'') *White Chandan (''

Santalum album ''Santalum album'', or Indian sandalwood, is a small tropical tree, and the traditional source of sandalwood oil. It is native to southern India and Southeast Asia. It is considered sacred in some religions like Hinduism, and some cultures plac ...

'').

Other facilities

A modern vegetative propagation arrangement and a tissue culture laboratory have been established in the garden for the propagation of rare species. Initially, tissue culture of orchids and other rare species has been adopted. Besides, a huge rose garden, crisscrossing lake, watch deck, artificial waterfall, bridge over the lake, and above all the thousands of

migratory bird Bird migration is the regular seasonal movement, often north and south along a flyway, between breeding and wintering grounds. Many species of bird migrate. Migration carries high costs in predation and mortality, including from hunting b ...

s in winter are the main attractions of the National Botanic Garden. Every morning many people come here for their morning walk, exercise, yoga, and meditation session.

Gallery

File:Botanical Garden Dhaka Bangladesh 13.JPG, Garden entrance File:Botanical Garden Dhaka Bangladesh 3.JPG, Cactus house File:পদ্ম পুকুর ২.jpg, Pool for ''

'' File:Orchid House at Bangladesh National Botanical Garden Mirpur.jpg, The orchid house in the garden File:Butterfly in Botanical Garden.jpg, Butterfly at Botanic Garden File:Tree full of fruits.jpg, Jackfruit File:Macro photography of a spider.jpg, Spider File:The Ant Botanical.jpg, Ant File:Kingfisher With aCatch.jpg, Kingfisher with catch

References

External links

*http://www.bforest.gov.bd/eco.php#national *http://www.tourtobangladesh.com/Botanical-Garden.php *http://www.parjatan.gov.bd/other.php#Jatiya *http://bdlst.com/bn/Dhaka/Tourism/National-Botanical-GaRoaden Botanical gardens in Bangladesh Parks in Dhaka Herbaria in Asia 1961 establishments in East Pakistan {{Dhaka-geo-stub