Botanical gardens are significant institutions for scientific research, education, and conservation in addition to being lovely locations to visit and wander through. They are locations where visitors can learn about the variety, ecology, and evolution of plants as well as how to use plants for food, medicine, and other reasons. Botanical gardens are also places where endangered plant species are conserved, both in the wild and in captivity.
The plants that are grown and cared for in a botanical garden are known as botanical garden plants. Different portions of the garden are usually devoted to various plant families or groupings, with these plants often arranged according to their taxonomic relationships. Botanical gardens may also feature unique collections of plants, including those used for medicine, rare and endangered species, or essential research plants.
To discover and utilize the natural resources of these areas, the British built botanical gardens in their colonies all over the world. To gather, research, and reproduce economically useful plants like spices, tea, rubber, and lumber, botanical gardens were founded. The botanical gardens served as a base for scientific expeditions and investigations as well as a place to study and record the local flora and fauna.
The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, commonly known as the Indian Botanical Garden, is well-known for its large collection of plants, including rare and endangered species. The garden was built in 1786 and is situated in Kolkata, India. It has a total area of more than 109 hectares. More than 12,000 plant species, including more than 1,500 tree species, can be found at the Indian Botanical Garden. The garden is also well-known for its enormous banyan tree, which is over 250 years old and occupies a space of over 1 hectare.
Anything connected to plants is described by the term botanical. Botanic, another word for botanical, is also an adjective. Botanic is less frequently used than botanical, nevertheless. Botany, which is the scientific study of plants, and botanist, a person who studies plants, are other words that are connected.