Importance of Botanical Gardens
It is home to various species of flora and fauna. Hence, it is an open laboratory for students and researchers.
1. It helps in the study of taxonomic research.
2. It helps in botanical research.
3. It is a place where a variety of endangered species of flora and fauna is conserved.
4. It is a place where rare species of flora and fauna can be studied.
5. It helps in the conservation of varieties of plant species.
Botanical Gardens in India
The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden or Indian Botanical Garden (West Bengal) is the largest and oldest botanical garden in India. The other famous botanical gardens of India are given below:
1. Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden
Location: Guwahati, Assam
2. Botanical Garden Sarangpur
Location: Chandigarh
3. Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan
Location: Patna, Bihar
4. Botanical garden Vaghai
Location: Saputara, Gujarat
5. R. B. Botanical Garden and Amusement Park
Location: Gujarat
6. The Garça Branca Ayurvedic Botanical Garden
Location: Loutolim, Goa
7. Curzon Park,
Location: Mysore Karnataka
8. Pilikula Arboretum, Pilikula Nisargadhama
Location: Mangalore, Karnataka
9. Regional Museum of Natural History Mysore
Location: Mysore, Karnataka
10. University of Mysore Botanic Garden
Location: Mysore, Karnataka
11. Prof. Nagaraj botanical garden
Location: Kalaburgi, Karnataka
12. Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute
Location: Trivandrum Kerala
13. Vellayani Agricultural College,
Location: Trivandrum, Kerala
14. Empress Garden
Location: Pune, Maharashtra
15. Odisha State Botanical Garden
Location: Nandankanan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
16. Botanical garden Guru Nanak Dev University
Location: Amritsar, Punjab
17. Botanical garden Punjabi University
Location: Patiala, Punjab
18. Auroville Botanical Gardens
Location: Auroville, Tamil Nadu
19. Botanic Gardens – Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Location: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
20. Government Botanical Gardens
Location: Ootacamund, Nilgiris district ,Tamil Nadu
21. The Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding
Location: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
22. Semmozhi Poonga
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
23. Botanical Garden
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana
24. NTR Garden
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana
25. Botanical Garden of India Republic
Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh
26. Jhansi Botanical Garden
Location: Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
27. Saharanpur Botanical Garden
Location: Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
28. Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden
Location: Shibpur, Kolkata, West Bengal
29. Agri Horticultural Society of India
Location: Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal
30. Garden of Medicinal Plants
Location: North Bengal University, West Bengal
31. Lalbagh
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
32. Lloyd’s Botanical Garden
Location: Darjeeling, West Bengal
33. Malampuzha Garden
Location: Palakkad, Kerala
34. Mysore Zoo
Location: Mysore, Karnataka
35. Narendra Narayan Park
Location: Cooch Behar, West Bengal
