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National Botanical Garden (Botswana)

Field	Value
name	National Botanical Garden
photo	1 National Botanical Gardens Botswana.jpg
map	Botswana
map_width	250
label	National Botanical Garden
label_position	right
coords
location	Okwa Road, The Village
nearest_city	Gaborone, Botswana
area	7 ha
created
operator	Botswana National Museum
open	Monday to Friday: 8:00am to 12:30pm and 2:00pm to 4:00pm.

NBG is closed during public holidays and weekends.<ref name	MYSC

NBG is closed during public holidays and weekends.

The National Botanical Garden is a 7 ha park located along the Notwane River 3 km south-east of the city center of Gaborone.

The National Botanical Garden first opened on 2 November 2007, with the purpose of protecting Botswana's heritage. The park is managed under the Natural History Division of the Botswana National Museum. It is the first botanical garden in Botswana, housing indigenous plants from around Botswana.

Layout

The garden is composed of six sections corresponding to six different ecological regions in Botswana. The six regions and common plants found in that region are

Chobe – Moporota (Sausage Tree) and Mukusi (Pod Mahogany)
Okavango And Salt Pans – Tsaro (Wild Date Palm) and Mokolwane (Ilala Palm)
Mophane Woodland – Mophane and Monepenepe (Long-tail Cassia)
North-Eastern Kalahari – Mokgwapha (Mountain Aloe) and Mosunyana (Umbrella Thorn)
Mashatu – Motha (Nyala Tree) and More-o-mosetlha (Fever Tree)
South Western Kalahari – Hoodia and grasses

In addition to displaying indigenous plants, the park also is in charge of maintaining botanical monuments around the country like the morula tree in Gaborone under which the first meeting of the Botswana Democratic Party was held.

Gallery

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References

Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture Botswana. "National Botanical Garden".
(5 November 2007). "Botswana Opens its First Botanic Garden". Botanic Gardens Conservation International.
Menyatso, Diphetogo. "Botswana National Botanical Garden". Southern African Botanical Diversity Network.
(14 March 2009). "The Morula Tree".

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