Biodiversity park, Hyderabad
| Biodiversity Park | |
|---|---|
Hyderabad, India | |
| Coordinates | 17°25′43″N 78°22′31″E / 17.4286°N 78.3752°E |
| Status | Open all year |
Biodiversity park in
Hyderabad has been established during the Convention on Biological Diversity held in 2012. It was inaugurated along with a commemorative pylon by the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh.[1] It was opened for the public at Gachibowli since 19 January 2015.[2] The park was set up within the Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) layout at a total cost of more than Rs. 2 crores. The Biodiversity park is 1.6 km from Raidurg metro station
.
The pylon
The commemorative pylon[double helix representing DNA.
The park
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The biodiversity park covers an area of 13-acre land and is divided into four sectors totally containing more than 200 different species of plants. Each of them is represented by a UNO-member country and planted by a scientist participated in the summit conference. It is currently taken care by the Telangana Forest Department.
Types of plant species in the park
| Serial No. | Name of the Country | Species | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | India | Ficus benghalensis | Banyan tree |
| 2. | Afghanistan | Bauhinia blakeana |
Red flowered Bauhinia |
| 3. | Albania | Pterospermum acerifolium | Dinner plate tree |
| 4. | Algeria | Cassia fistula | Indian Laburnum tree |
| 5. | Angola | Conocarpus erectus | Green Buttonwood |
| 6. | Antigua and Barbuda | Pterygota alata | Buddhas's coconut |
| 7. | Argentina | Filicium decipiens | Fern leaf tree |
| 8. | Armenia | Swietenia macrophylla | Large-leaved Mahogany |
| 9. | Australia | Caryota urens | Fish-tail palm |
| 10. | Austria | Bucida buceras |
Spainy black olive |
| 11. | Azerbaijan | Colvillea racemosa |
Colville's glory |
| 12. | Bahamas |
Putranjiva roxburghii | Child-life tree |
| 13. | Bahrain | Pseudobombax grandiflorum | Shaving brush tree |
| 14. | Bangladesh | Citharexylum spinosum | Fiddlewood |
| 15. | Barbados | Parkia biglandulosa | Badminton ball tree |
| 16. | Belarus | Alstonia scholaris | Devil's tree |
| 17. | Belgium | Mimusops elengi/Lagerstroemia speciosa | |
| 18. | Belize | Elaeocarpus serratus | Rudraksha |
| 19. | Benin | Erythrina variegata | Indian coral tree |
| 20. | Bhutan | Grevillea robusta | Silver oak tree |
| 21. | Bolivia | Phyllanthus emblica | Indian gooseberry tree |
| 22. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Cananga odorata | Ylang-ylang tree |
| 23. | Botswana | Agathis robusta | Queensland Kauri |
| 24. | Brazil | Kigelia africana |
Sausage tree |
| 25. | Brunei | Adansonia digitata | Monkey-bread tree |
| 26. | Bulgaria | Terminalia arjuna | Arjuna tree |
| 27. | Burkina Faso | Neolamarckia cadamba | Kadamba tree |
| 28. | Burundi | Ficus benghalensis | Banyam tree |
| 29. | Cambodia | Dysoxylum alliaceum |
Lambu |
| 30. | Cameroon | Tabebuia aurea | Caribbean Trumpet tree |
| 31. | Canada | Annona reticulata | Bullock's Heart tree |
| 32. | Cape Verde | Ficus virens | White Fig tree |
| 33. | Central African Republic | Ficus elastica | Indian Rubber tree |
| 34. | Chad | Callistemon polandii |
Gold-tipped Bottlebrush |
| 35. | Chile | Ficus benjamina | Weeping Fig tree |
| 36. | China | Terminalia catappa | Indian Almond tree |
| 37. | Colombia | Artocarpus heterophyllus |
Jackfruit tree |
| 38. | Comoros | Handroanthus impetiginosus | Pink Trumpet tree |
| 39. | Congo | Schleichera oleosa |
Lac tree |
| 40. | Cook Islands | Callistemon citrinus |
Weeping Bottlebrush |
| 41. | Costa Rica | Calliandra haematocephala | Red Powder Puff |
| 42. | Cote D'ivoire |
Albizia lebbeck | East Indian Walnut, Siris |
| 43. | Croatia | Albizia chinensis | Stipulate Albizia |
| 44. | Cuba | Filicium decipiens | Fern Leaf tree |
| 45. | Cyprus | Calophyllum inophyllum | Alexandrian Laurel |
| 46. | Czech Republic | Cordia sebestena | Sebastan Plum |
| 47. | Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Mangifera indica | Mango tree |
| 48. | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Barringtonia asiatica | Queen of Seashore |
| 49. | Denmark | Heptapleurum actinophyllum | Queensland Umbrella tree |
| 50. | Djibouti | Ficus virens | White Fig tree |
| 51. | Dominica | Ficus lyrata | Fiddleleaf Fig tree |
| 52. | Dominican Republic | Mimusops elengi | Indian Medlar, Bakul |
| 53. | Ecuador | Dalbergia latifolia | East Indian Rosewood |
| 54. | Egypt | Pterospermum canescens |
Small leaved Muchkund |
| 55. | El Salvador | Pithecellobium dulce | Monkeypod, Jangle Jalebi |
| 56. | Equatorial Guinea | Callistemon pollandii | Gold-tipped Bottlebrush |
| 57. | Eritrea | Dillenia indica | Elephant Apple tree |
| 58. | Estonia | Simarouba amara | Paradise tree |
| 59. | Ethiopia | Chukrasia tubularis var velutina | Chickrassy |
| 60. | European Union | Mimusops elengi | Indian Medlar, Bakul |
| 61. | Fiji | Mesua ferrea | Iron Wood |
| 62. | Finland | Adonidia merrillii | Christian Palm |
| 63. | France | Muntingia calabura |
Singapore Cherry |
| 64. | Gabon | Artocarpus altilis |
Bread Fruit tree |
| 65. | Gambia |
Nyctanthes arbor-tristis | Coral Jasmina |
| 66. | Georgia | Syzygium jambos | Rose Apple |
| 67. | Germany | Albizia lebbeck | East Indian Walnut, Siris |
| 68. | Ghana | Cochlospermum religiosum | Yellow Silk-Cotton |
| 69. | Greece | Clusia rosea | Autograph tree |
| 70. | Grenada | Mesua ferrea | Iron Wood |
| 71. | Guatemala | Chloroleucon tortum | Brazilian Rain tree |
| 72. | Guinea | Azadirachta indica | Margosa, Neem |
| 73. | Guinea Bissau |
Vitex megapotamica | Cuban Pink Trumpet tree |
| 74. | Guyana | Couroupita guianensis | Cannon Ball tree |
| 75. | Haiti | Kavalama urens |
Gum Karaya tree |
| 76. | Honduras | Peltophorum pterocarpum | Copper-pod tree |
| 77. | Hungary | Soymida febrifuga |
Indian Redwood |
| 78. | Iceland | Terminalia belerica |
Belleric Myrobolan tree |
| 79. | Indonesia | Hibiscus tiliaceus | Coast Cotton tree |
Gallery
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Park layout, sector 1 -
Park layout, sector 2 -
Yellow Bamboo at the park -
Hibiscus tiliaceus in the park -
Hibiscus tiliaceus description plate -
Clusia rosea tree in the park. -
Ficus benghalensis tree in the park. -
Caryota urens tree in the park. -
Commemorative pilon -
Commemorative pilon, installation plate
See also
References
- ^ Geetanath, V. (16 October 2013). "Gachibowli's Bio-Diversity Park remains out of bounds for visitors". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Biodiversity Park open to public". The Hindu. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Bio Diversity Park, Hyderabad". Odysseystone. 23 June 2014.
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