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Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya are about 5.5 km to the west of the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. In 2016, the garden was visited by 1.2 million locals and 400,000 foreign visitors. [1] It is near the Mahaweli River (the longest river in Sri Lanka). [2] It is renowned for its collection of orchids.
There are botanical gardens and arboreta in all states and territories of Sri Lanka, most are administered by local governments, and some are privately owned. Hakgala Botanical Garden Henarathgoda Botanical Garden , [ 1 ] 7°06′00″N 79°59′10″E / 7.0999345°N 79.9860853°E / 7.0999345; 79.9860853
Royal Botanic Gardens or Royal Botanical Gardens may refer to: Australia ... Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Trinidad and Tobago
Bose was Professor of Botany in Bangabasi College in 1909, and Carmichael Medical College in 1916. In 1918 he went to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on a deputation to the Royal Botanical Gardens, Perudeniya for training in systematic of Bengal Polyporaceae (bracket fungi) under the famous mycologist Tom Petch.
In 1896 Willis was appointed director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) until 1912 when he was appointed director of the botanic gardens at Rio de Janeiro. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1897, and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1919. [ 1 ]
Under favorable conditions, it can grow up to 40 cm per day. The record for the species, 18 inches (46 centimeters) in 24 hours, was set on July 29–30 of 1903 at Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). [5] In subtropical climates, it does not grow as tall, struggling to grow to 20 meters. [6]
A botanical garden is a place where plants, especially ferns, conifers and flowering plants, are grown and displayed for the purposes of research, conservation, and education. This distinguishes them from parks and pleasure gardens where plants, usually with showy flowers, are grown for public amenity only.
N. nouchali is the national flower of Bangladesh. [16] A pale blue-flowered N. nouchali is the national flower of Sri Lanka, where it is known as nil mānel or nil mahanel (නිල් මානෙල්). [17] In Sri Lanka, this plant usually grows in buffalo ponds and natural wetlands.