National Botanical Garden of Bangladesh
Introduction The '''National Botanic Garden of Bangladesh''' and the '''Bangladesh National Herbarium''' make up the largest plant conservation center in Bangladesh, 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 knowledge center for nature lovers and botanists and a tourist destination. The herbarium has a scientific collection of approximately 100,000 preserved specimens of plants.Baldha Garden 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 Bangladesh.
Living collections Bangladesh National Herbarium's collection of plant and tree species is large. 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'')*Camphor (''Cinnamomum camphora'')*Rabbit fern (''Davallia canariensis'')*Dambia (''Dombeya spectabilis'')*White rangan (''Ixora superba'')*Little mussanda (''Mussaenda luteola'')*''Victoria amazonica''*Harhjora (''Cissus quadrangularis'')*African tulip tree (''Spathodea campanulata'')*Sambucas (''Sambucus nigra'')*White Chandan (''Santalum album'').
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 birds 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 entranceFile:Botanical Garden Dhaka Bangladesh 3.JPG|Cactus houseFile:পদ্ম পুকুর ২.jpg|Pool for ''Victoria amazonica''File:Orchid House at Bangladesh National Botanical Garden Mirpur.jpg|The orchid house in the gardenFile:Butterfly in Botanical Garden.jpg|Butterfly at Botanic GardenFile:Tree full of fruits.jpg|JackfruitFile:Macro photography of a spider.jpg|SpiderFile:The Ant Botanical.jpg|AntFile: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