Associated Garden

A Botanical Garden covering an area of 5 acres is attached to the main office premises at 7-Koregaon Road, Pune and another garden with an area of ca. 44 acres is located at Mundhwa, Pune. Both these gardens house over 500 plant species. In addition to representative species of different vegetation types of the Western Ghats and Western Coast, the gardens conserves many endemic and threatened species such as Aerides crispa, Aerides maculosa, Aponogeton satarensis, Arisaema murrayi, Beilschmiedia dalzellii, Cottonia peduncularis, Curcuma pseudomontana, Dendrobium barbatulum, Dendrobium aqueum, Dendrobium lawianum, Dendrobium ovatum, Dregea volubilis, Frerea indica, Garcinia talbotii, Heterophragma quadriloculare, Holigarna grahamii, Knema attenuata, Nothapodytes nimmoniana, Oberonia brunoniana, Pecteilis gigantea, Smithsonia viridiflora, Psilotum nudum, Zingiber diwakarianum along with species of Barleria, Ceropegia and Brachystelma. In addition to above, over 200 species of medicinal and economic plants, and a wide diversity of orchid species is also conserved in the garden. Pteridophyte section houses a good number of ferns and fern allies. Efforts are also being made to introduce representative species of regional flora, less known economic plants and wild ornamental species. Some significant species growing in the garden are as follows:

MEDICINAL PLANTS

OIL YIELDING

DYES and TANNINS

GUMS and RESINS

BEVERAGES

• Coffea arabica;

FIBRE YIELDING PLANTS

WILD EDIBLES

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ART and CRAFT