Calcutta Botanic Garden

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botanical garden heritage site tourist attraction

Calcutta Botanic Garden is a historic botanical garden in Kolkata, India, renowned for its extensive plant collections and its iconic Great Banyan tree.

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Label Occurrences
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden 3
Botanical Gardens, Calcutta 1
Calcutta Botanic Garden canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf botanical garden ⓘ
heritage site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
area about 109 hectares ⓘ
city Howrah district metropolitan area of Kolkata NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate tropical wet-and-dry climate ⓘ
country India ⓘ
ecosystemType man-made garden ecosystem ⓘ
formerName Indian Botanic Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Colonel Robert Kyd NERFINISHED ⓘ
East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedIn 1787 ⓘ
hasCollection aquatic plants ⓘ
bamboo collection ⓘ
medicinal plants ⓘ
orchid collection ⓘ
palm collection ⓘ
subtropical plants ⓘ
tropical plants ⓘ
hasDesignation one of the oldest botanical gardens in India ⓘ
hasFacility herbarium ⓘ
lakes and ponds ⓘ
library ⓘ
nursery ⓘ
hasHabitat lawn and grassland patches ⓘ
shaded woodland areas ⓘ
wetland areas ⓘ
hasNotableFeature Great Banyan tree NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPath avenues lined with trees ⓘ
hasView Hooghly River NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Great Banyan tree with one of the largest canopies in the world NERFINISHED ⓘ
extensive plant collections ⓘ
languageOfSignage Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
locatedIn Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata

West Bengal ⓘ
locatedOn west bank of the Hooghly River ⓘ
notableTree Great Banyan tree NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operatedBy Botanical Survey of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose cultivation and study of plants ⓘ
introduction of economically important plants to India ⓘ
region eastern India ⓘ
usedFor botanical research ⓘ
conservation of plant diversity ⓘ
environmental education ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

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Nathaniel Wallich → employer → Calcutta Botanic Garden ⓘ
Shibpur → knownFor → Calcutta Botanic Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden
Shibpur → hasLandmark → Calcutta Botanic Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden
Shibpur → hasGarden → Calcutta Botanic Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden
Botanical Survey of India → predecessor → Calcutta Botanic Garden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Botanical Gardens, Calcutta