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INSTITUTION NAME AND MAIN ADDRESS
COUNTRY Egypt
INSTITUTION NAME Saff Botanic Garden”
MAIN ADDRESS Saff Botanic Garden, Dr Aly Fahmy 21 El Mirghani 11 3 41. Heliópolis, Cairo (Egypt)
DESCRIPTION
AREA 7 ha
LATITUDE 30, 05 º N
LONGITUDE 31, 22 º E
ALTITUDE 30 m
PRECIPITATION 20 mm
INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSTITUTION
STATUS Private
INSTITUTION TYPE Botanic Garden
DATE FOUNDED 1893
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Tropical and subtropical forest and fruit trees and economic plants in general, such as Eucalyptus, Ficus, Albizzia, Cassia and Casuarina, palms, rattans, succulent euphorbias and cacti
TAXA 800
PROGRAMMES • No Training Programs• Research and Educational Programs
FEATURES AND FACILITIES • 2 orchards
• Arboretum
• Herbarium
• Facilities for research
• Publications: “Gardens of the Hesperides” (by Warda H. Bircher)
MAIN DEFICIENCIES • Collections preserved
• Horticultural Herbarium
• Catalogs and seed bank
OTHER INFORMATION Open to the public by appointment
SOURCES CONSULTED Web:

www.bgci.org

www.cbd.int
Documentos:

Botanic gardens recorded in Egypt” (CBD)

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