Ex situ conservation of rare plants of south Gujarat in the botanical garden of Valsad Science College

Abstract

Botanical garden of Valsad Science College is one of the best garden in Gujarat state that actively participate in the conservation of rare species by maintaining live specimens in their collections, studying wild plants at risk, banking seeds of rare plants and introducing rare plants to the horticultural trade. During last five years we could adorn it successfully conserving 37 species of rare plants belonging to 36 genera and 24 families in our botanical garden.