Kerala’s biodiversity is reflected in the Olavanna grama panchayat in Kozhikode district’s Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute for Plant Sciences (MBGIPS). With its extensive wetland, it is one of India’s top botanical gardens for aquatic plant collections.
Attractions at Malabar Botanical Garden
The garden, which spans 40 acres and has over 10,000 different plant species, includes eight greenhouses for aquatic, shade-loving, medicinal, orchid, and primitive plants (such as ferns and mosses). Numerous rare and exotic plants may be found in the botanical garden, which is a facility run by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology, and Environment.
Among the attractions at the MBGIPS are an aquatic plant conservatory, a protected area for lower-group plants, a taxonomic classification-based garden, a section dedicated to Rare Endangered and Threatened (RET) plant species, a herbal garden, a Gymnosperm section, and Hortus Valley, which is home to nearly all 700 of the plants listed in the Hortus Malabaricus.
Each plant has been given a QR code to aid visitors in understanding it. We will be taken to a page with comprehensive information about the plant when we scan the QR code adjacent to the signboards.
The conservation center, which has over 140 different types of ferns, is a visually appealing area of the garden. The property has a variety of indoor plants, including Pink Princess and Aglaonema. Venus flytraps and Nepenthes are two examples of the prey-hunting plant species found in the carnivorous house. There is also a vast variety of medicinal plants in the five-acre garden.
How to Reach
The garden is located at Olavanna, about 8 km from the city of Kozhikode. It is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on all business days.
SM Street, Sarovaram Biopark, Kozhikode Beach, and Mayiladumkunnu Viewpoint are a few of the neighboring tourist destinations.
