Botanic Garden

Botanic Garden

The Botanic Garden is a beautiful place that contains many plants from our country and other countries too, one of the most important is our "palma de cera" or "palm wax" which is the Colombian national tree. This tree has many characteristics like it can reach about 70 meters of height and when a leave falls it leaves a black ring in it's trunk.

The Botanic garden contains an exhibition about the ecosystems in which they simulate each ecosystem so you can learn about them. This garden contains a variety of plants thanks to José Celestino Mutis which created the "Botanic expedition" unfortunately the Botanic garden wasn't founded by him, it was founded or created in honor of José Celestino Mutis in 1995 by Enrique Pérez Arbeláez.

The botanic garden is the biggest garden in all of Colombia an contains a big variety of plants like our national tree. I think you should visit it since it is a great place for learning about nature and it's types of plants and ecosystems.

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Information taken from:
http://portel.bogota.gov.co/portel/libreria/php/x_frame_detalle.php?id=30840
http://www.jbb.gov.co/