Indian Botanical Garden

The Garden
At the time of its establishment, the Indian Botanical Garden was called the Company Bagan or the Calcutta Bagan. Later it came to be known as Royal Botanic Bagan. Today under the Botanical Survey of India - it is called as Indian Botanic Garden.

It is the house of rarest variety of species of plants - the Indian Botanical Garden of Calcutta. There are millions of perennial plants in the garden brought from countries like Nepal, Brazil, Java and Sumatra. It also houses plants from India. It has a collection of rarest of Orchids, and Cuban Palms. Bamboos, Scew Pines, Branched Palm, Double Coconut, Giant Water Lilies, Mad Tree, Shivalinga tree, Krishnabot, Bread Fruit Tree find a special place here. There is a stretch of Grass land with Mango and Tamarind trees. It is also the home for development of Teas which are grown in Darjeeling and Assam.

There are around 1400 species of shurbs in various Glass Houses, Green Houses and other conservatories. The Indian Botanical Garden maintains the germplast collection of Bamboos, Bougainvellia, Water lillies and 109 species of palms - the largest collection in the South East Asia. Also there are aromatic plants, gymno - sperms, ferns and creepers which fill the garden.