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 The hilly areas of Uttarakhand known for its
natural and spread over an area of 35 hectares
consists of a wide variety of rare medicinal
plants.
“The endangered plants of Uttaranchal
Himalayas which are very scanty in number are
being developed here. We are preparing a
herbarium here for botanists,” said Kunwar
Singh Rawat, Range Officer, Himalayan Botanical
Garden.
 Bamboo
enclosures have been put in place to protect the
medicinal plants from landslides.
“We have a lot of medicinal plants,
demonstration plots where we are housing
endangered and rare high value medicinal plants.
We have three demonstration areas where we have
been planting trees from all over Uttarakhand,
 The
Himlayan Botanical Garden is a centre of
study for the scientists and the botanists. At
the same time, it serves as a huge attraction
for the tourists visiting the area.
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