Sudan National Botanical Garden
The Sudan National Botanical Garden, established in 1954, is located in Khartoum in the Mogran residential area. The garden contains a collection of living plants in addition to a herbarium.[1]
Location
The garden is located in the Khartoum Al Mogran area, where the White Nile meets the Blue Nile. The garden area is about 11 acres.[2]
Administration
The garden is administratively affiliated to the Sudan federal Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation. The garden is listed among the oldest gardens in Africa.[3]
The Garden has several departments and units:
- Seed collection unit.
- Reproduction unit - acclimatization.
- Genetic Resources Conservation Unit.
- Classification unit
- An exchange unit with international parks and research centers.
- Training and Signs Unit.
- Ornamental plants, Coordination and Heritage Unit
- Living unit.
- Unit of plants of economic importance.
- Information tion and Documenttion Unit .
The tasks and objectives
- Conservation and conservation of plant genetic resources.
- Providing the information and the botanical model for researchers, scholars and hobbyists
- General definition of different plants. Cultivation of new varieties of plants
- Conducting scientific research in the various fields of the plant.
- Care of living, library and seed store.
- Organize the information obtained in various plant sciences.
- Establishing, maintaining and maintaining the gene pool.
Activities
Among the events hosted by the garden is the annual flower exhibition.[4]
Opening Hours
The garden and the domain are open on official working days, Sunday to Thursday 09:00 to 03:00, and access requires tickets at the gate.
See also
References
- ^ "wikikmapia".
- ^ "botanical-garden".
- ^ "An International Review of the Ex Situ Plant Collections of the Botanic Gardens of the World" (PDF). Convention on Biological Diversity. UN Environment Programme.
- ^ "flower exhibition".
External links
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