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Botanical Garden

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Coordinates:   11°17'56"N   76°15'3"E

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  • umchandrarediffmail.com (guest)
    BIORESOURCE NATURE PARK AT KERALA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NILAMBUR Spread over 10 ha, the Bioresource Nature Park, established and maintained by the Kerala Forest Research Institute, is home to a vareity of members of the plant kingdom. There are, what can be called as 'houses', that are devoted entirely to orchids, ferns, bryophytes and xerophytes. The water plants(hydrophytes) flourish in the ponds in the open. An entire plot of land is devoted to palms, rattans and gymnosperms. The medicinal plant garden and the butterfly garden add to the attraction. The park is visited by hundreds of students every day, and for them the park provides live specimen of plant wealth of which their books talk of. Apart from this, the park also attracts people from various walks of life, who are keen to acheive knowledge and recreation.
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