Botanical Garden জাতীয় উদ্ভিদ উদ্যান Mirpur Dhaka

: 210 acres (84 hectares)
-established in 1961
-hub for nature lovers and botanists
-an attractive tourist destination
-(Herbarium) a scientific collection of approximately 100,000 preserved specimens of plants
-Baldha Garden (at Wari, Dhaka) is administratively part of the National Garden\
-divided into 57 sections
-managed by Forest Department under Ministry of Environment and Forests
-56,000 individual trees, herbs, and shrubs including a huge collection of aquatic plants
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-a modern vegetative propagation arrangement and a tissue culture laboratory established for propagation of rare species
-tissue culture of orchids and other rare species
-a huge rose garden
-criss-crossing lake
-watch deck
-artificial water fall
-bridge over the lake
-thousands of migratory birds in winter
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Some exceptional and rare plant species:
• 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).
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