Cibodas Botanical Garden is located at the foot of Mount Gede-Pangrango, Cianjur Regency, West-Java Province, Java Island, Indonesia.Cibodas Botanical Garden located at an altitude of 1275 m above sea level, the landscape is mountainous, the rainfall was 2.380 mm per year, air temperatures between 17 ° C - 27 ° C, with an average temperature of 18 ° C.
On April 11, 1852, Cibodas Botanical Garden was founded by Johannes Ellias Teijsmann, a curator of the Bogor Botanical Garden. At first, Cibodas Botanical Garden named Bergtuin te Tjibodas or Cibodas Mountain Range Garden. Cibodas Botanical Garden is a place for the collection of tropical plants moist highlands.
Cibodas Botanical Garden with the extent of 125 hectares is one of the most interesting attractions for visiting tourists. Cibodas Botanical Garden not only serves as a tourist spot, but also as a place of education and research.
Cibodas Botanical Garden has the cool air, the wind blew gently, the view is beautiful, the trees and plants spread out green, not excessive if Dr. F.W. Went to say: If paradise still exist on earth, Cibodas must have been part of it. Dr. F.W. Went is a plant physiologist from Germany who had long lived in Indonesia.
Cibodas Botanical Garden Collection
Cibodas Botanical Garden has a collection of as many as 10792 plant species, as many as 700 kinds of seed collection, and herbarium collections of as many as 4852 species. Plant collection divided into two collections, namely a collection of estates and collections in a greenhouse.
Collection of plants in the garden there are as many as 1014 species.
Collection of plants in the greenhouse consisted of as many as 320 types of orchids, such as Anggrek Kasut Hijau (Paphiopedilum javanicum) that is native orchids from Java Island, and Kiaksara Orchid (Macodes petola). As many as 289 types of cactus, as Kaktus Kursi Mertua (Achinocactus grussoni), succulent as many as 169 species.
Typical plants in Cibodas Botanical Garden
Moss Park
Cibodas Botanical Garden, there is Moss Park that has 216 kinds of lichen and species of Hearts Moss from various regions of Indonesia and the world. Moss Park is 2500 square meters area.
Carcass Flowers (Amorphophalus titanum)
This giant-sized flowers and attract insects. Flowers issued a strong smelling.
Bunya-bunya (Araucaria bidwill)
This tree is a plant that is old age and a large trunk.
Sakura Flower Park
Sakura Park was built in 2006, and the extent of about 3200 square meters.
Sakura Flower (Prunus cerocoides) originally from Japan.
Cibodas Botanical Garden there are edible plants, like seeds from plants of Saninten (Castanopsis argentea), leaf of Rasamala (Altingia excelsa), Keresmen leaves or Mint (Mentha arvensis), which was spicy and fresh.
There are herbal plants such as Pegagan or antanan (Centella asiatica), which is very good for women who just gave birth, Tempuyung (Sonchus arvenis) to treat kidney stones, Ki Urat (Plantago major) can be used to treat Diabetes Mellitus, Quinine (Cinchona pubescens).
Cibodas Botanical Garden there is a waterfall, from the entrance to the location of the waterfall is ± 750 meters.
How to Achieve Cibodas Botanical Garden
From the Capital of Indonesia, namely Jakarta, Cibodas Botanical Garden can be within ± 3 hours (± 100 km) by car or motorcycle.
Time a Visit to The Cibodas Botanical Garden
Cibodas Botanical Garden is open daily, starting at 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM.
