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Botanical Garden are the specialised gardens having collection of living plants. These plants are grown for reference and identification of newly discovered plants, so that they can be classified under proper category. The plants collected are labelled, indicating its scientific name and family it belongs to.

Example − Botanical garden at Kew (England), Indian Botanical garden at Howrah (India), National Botanical Research Institute at Lucknow (India)

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Type Public
Location Shibpur, Howrah
Nearest city Kolkata, Howrah
Area 109 hectares (270 acres)
Created November 2, 1787
Designer Robert Kyd, William Roxburgh
Operated by Botanical Survey of India
Status open
Website http://bsi.gov.in
The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden (Hindi:?????? ????? ????? ??? ?????? ????????? ??????) (previously known as Indian Botanic Garden)[1] is situated in Shibpur, Howrah near Kolkata. They are commonly known as the Calcutta Botanical Garden, and previously as the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta.[2] The gardens exhibit a wide variety of rare plants and a total collection of over 12,000 specimens spread over 109 hectares. It is under Botanical Survey of India (BSI) of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.

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