Sudan National Botanical Garden

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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.{{Cite web|title=wikikmapia|url=http://wikimapia.org/4820770/Khartoum-Botanical-Gardens|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

Location

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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.{{Cite web|title=botanical-garden|url=http://www.mykiresidency.com/place/botanical-garden|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

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.{{Cite web|title=An International Review of the Ex Situ Plant Collections of the Botanic Gardens of the World|url=https://www.cbd.int/doc/ref/bot-gard-overview.pdf |website=Convention on Biological Diversity |publisher=UN Environment Programme}}

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.{{Cite web|title=flower exhibition|url=https://arabi21.com/story/1225530/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B2%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%88%D9%81%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%84%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%88-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%83%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

= 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

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