EGYPT 
INSTITUTION NAME AND MAIN ADDRESS
COUNTRY Egypt
INSTITUTION NAME “Aswan Botanic Garden”
MAIN ADDRESS Botanical Research Institute, Aswân Botanic Island, ASWAN (Egypt)

Email: info@aswan-individual.com

Tel: +20 112 000 1871

 
DESCRIPTION
AREA 650 m x 115 m. The garden is covering 6.8 hectares
LATITUDE 24, 08 º N
LONGITUDE 32, 91 º E
ALTITUDE 194 m
INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSTITUTION
STATUS State (Ministry of Agriculture)
INSTITUTION TYPE Botanic Garden and Research Center in Kitchener Island depending on the Horticulture Research Institute in Egypt
DATE FOUNDED 1899. In 1928 it started to be under the direction of the Ministry of Agriculture
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Trees and shrubs (+100 taxa), fruit trees, decorative ornamental woody plants such as Tabebuia, Bignonia, Campsis and Tecoma, Moraceae such as Artocarpus incisa and A. integra, Ficus spp., Broussonetia papyrifera and Morus nigra. Diospyros (3 spp.), Annona montana and A. squamosa, Terminalia (3 spp.), Acacia, Albizzia, Bauthinia, Cassia (3 taxa), Dalbergia spp., Khaya senegalensis, Stryehnos nux-vomica, Bixa orellana, Manihot esculenta, Eugenia (5 spp.), Feijoa selowiana, Melaleuca, Psidium cattleyanum, Cocos nucifera, Murraea paniculata, Calocarpus sapota, Mimusops, Solanum, Theobroma, Grewia, Thea sinensis, Celtis australis, Tectona grandis, palms
TAXA + 350
PROGRAMMES • Horticultural Research Programs
• Recreational Programs
FEATURES AND FACILITIES • Greenhouses• Offices, laboratories
• Recreational area: cafeteria, casino, shops
MAIN DEFICIENCIES No information available
OTHER INFORMATION It became a botanic Garden in 1986. Consult appendix
SOURCES CONSULTED Web:

www.bgci.org

www.aswan-individual.com/html/botanicalgarden.html

http://ressources.ciheam.org/om/pdf/c38/CI020532.pdf

www.hortinst.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YscWS8iANDM

www.egyptmyway.com/photo/aswan1_3.html

Documentos:

“Aswan Botanic Garden”, traducido por Fr. Giuseppe Faraci, Sr. Hayat Naguib Mikail

“Egypt. First National report to the Convention on Biological Diversity”. December, 1997. Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs. Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency. National Biodiversity Unit
“Botanic gardens recorded in Egypt” (CBD)

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