Calcutta Botanic Garden

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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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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