Chittagong University Botanical Garden

Chittagong University Botanical Garden .

Chittagong University Botanical Garden  may appropriately be viewed as something prominent for a wide assortment of plants, grand excellence and also for its commitment to improving the learning among the understudies on verdure. 

Enhanced with in excess of 1,000 types of plants, the garden offers the understudies and additionally the instructors an uncommon extent of completing reasonable and inquire about deals with the college grounds. 


The garden is spread more than 100 sections of land of land connecting the Pritilata Hall on the south of the college grounds. 

Prof Dr M Abdul Aziz Khan, establishing leader of the Botany division, stepped up with regards to transform a characteristic woods into the garden in 1976. 

The point was to help the understudies and in addition the instructors of the college in their exploration work. 

The garden under the supervision of the Botany office has distinctive types of plants in 35 squares. 

The squares are there for supporting independently restorative, bush, woody, orchid, teak, palash, mahogany, gymnosperm, lemon, jackfruit, palm, coconut, rose, regular bloom, manjium and flavors. 

Plus, there are likewise a few squares for creating different types of plants. 

The garden has a different orchid house improved with approximately 80 sorts of orchids. 

There is a studio house to moderate uncommon types of plants, the understudies gather amid the outing or field visits to the garden, said Mohammed Mujibur Rahman, horticulturist of the garden. 

Subsequent to being dealt with and supported at the studio house these plants are then replanted at the reasonable squares, said Mujibur who has been working at the garden for three decades since the start. 

The therapeutic plants incorporate Sarpagandha, Harjoralata, Nisinda, Kalo Megh, Tulashi Pata, Aurjun, Bohera, Thankuni, Dhutara, Basak, Neem, Tamarind and Horitaki. 

Aside from regular and diverse types of blossoms like Ganda, Silvia, Dahlia, Cosmos, Star, Sunflower, the garden likewise has 12 sorts of roses. 

The garden is additionally honored with Dossera - an uncommon types of plant that draws in creepy crawlies and slaughters them with its emission. The Dossera ordinarily develops at the slope neglected place that is known for the garden amid the winter, said Prof Dr M Atiqur Rahman, director of the Botany office. 

Plant science Department likewise deals with the roadside plants and the garden of woody and imperiled types of plants toward the south of Science Faculty Building on the grounds. 

The garden procures around Tk one lakh from the offer of products of the soil for the college a year, Dr Atiqur said. 

The neighborhood individuals harm the garden when they stroll through the garden and take away the wall, sources said. 

Unlawful logging is likewise a risk to the garden, sources included. 

In such manner they said heels felled down around 350 significant teak trees at the garden couple of years prior. 

Collaboration from the expert concerned and more HR are required for better consideration and further advancement of the garden, Dr Atiqur said. 

"We additionally have plan for building up a few different squares of restorative and potential plants in the garden," he said.