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The Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI) formerly known as Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute is an autonomous institute established by the Government of Kerala at Palode in Thiruvananthapuram district. The institute is a unique and phenomenal venture to conserve, preserve and sustainably utilize the plant wealth of the State. The idea of a botanic garden and research institute to study and conserve the rare and vanishing wild plant genetic resources of the country was indeed a brainchild of Prof. A. Abraham, a botanist and a great visionary. His dreams were materialized by the Government of Kerala which took a far-sighted decision resulting in the establishment of the institute on 17th November 1979.

Since then the institute has been playing a major role in conserving all those precious and threatened plant species in God's Own Country. JNTBGRI is now the largest living collection of trees and lianas numbering over 800 species. Other than this, the garden nurtures medicinal, aromatic and spice plants of over 700 species, orchids over 600 species and 150 hybrids, bamboos over 60 species, rare and threatened plants over 200 species and the list goes on. The living collections of these plants are credited to be the largest in South Asia. Special groups like Zingibers, Bougainvillea and aquatic plants are made and maintained for conservation, display and education.

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