Yemen – Socotra Botanic Garden
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| INSTITUTION NAME AND MAIN ADDRESS | ||
| COUNTRY | Yemen | |
| INSTITUTION NAME | “Socotra Botanic Garden” | |
| MAIN ADDRESS | Socotra Botanic Garden , a 3 km de Hadibo, capital de Socotra (Yemen)
Tel: 0131 248 2925 |
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| DESCRIPTION | ||
| AREA | No information available | |
| LATITUDE | 12, 63 º N | |
| LONGITUDE | 53, 9 º E | |
| ALTITUDE | 45 m | |
| INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSTITUTION | ||
| STATUS | Unknonw | |
| INSTITUTION TYPE | Botanic Garden | |
| DATE FOUNDED | Around 1880 | |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS | Island’s unique plants, myrrh and aloes, Dracaena cinnabar (Sang-Dragon), and Adenium or Desert Rose | |
| TAXA | No information available | |
| PROGRAMMES | • Educational Programs | |
| FEATURES AND FACILITIES | • Arboretum• Nursery garden | |
| MAIN DEFICIENCIES | No information available | |
| OTHER INFORMATION | Socotra Conservation and Development Program (SCDP), The Conservation and Development Program of Socotra, the Government of Yemen and British cooperation with the support of the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh have collaborated to construct this botanical garden | |
| SOURCES CONSULTED | Web:
Documents: “Synoptic Biogeography of Socotra Archipelago, Yemen” .University of Sana’a, Republic of Yemen, 21-23 October 2007 |
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