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After astir 3 years, the Horticulture Department has decided to present much than 617 works saplings of 255 varieties successful Lalbagh and Cubbon Park successful the metropolis wrong 2 months’ time. In the caller years, this is the highest fig of saplings ever introduced successful the botanical garden.
In 2022, the section introduced astir 450 caller species. Officials said that 3 years clip spread is maintained aft the instauration of caller saplings to guarantee that the saplings turn good and inhabit the abstraction of fallen trees. Introduction of caller taxon is besides to guarantee that determination is capable diversification successful the botanical gardens.
What makes it unsocial is they person decided to present medicinal plants cultivated by the Soliga people successful B.R. Hills successful Chamarajanagar district. According to the officials, these medicinal plants autumn successful the endangered class successful International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
M. Jagadeesh, Joint Director of Horticulture (Parks and Gardens), said, “As a botanical garden, our enactment involves introducing caller taxon of saplings each twelvemonth that don’t beryllium successful our plot and are endangered successful the State. In 2025, we introduced immoderate 150 saplings of 30 varieties lone and successful 2024, we introduced 120 of them. This year, we planned for 4 months to present 617 of them. Among these 617, we volition beryllium introducing the medicinal plants conserved and grown by the Soliga Tribe successful B.R. Hills successful Chamarajanagar district.”
Explaining the medicinal plants, helium said, “There are 7 antithetic taxon of medicinal plants we are borrowing and 28 of the saplings volition beryllium introduced successful some Cubbon and Lalbagh. It includes Celtis Tetrandra, besides known arsenic Kakkilu Mara in Karnataka and utilized successful Siddha medicine to dainty indigestion issues. Similarly, Sapindus Emarginatus known arsenic Reetha oregon Soapnut volition beryllium planted. Its fruits, leaves and adjacent histrion bark are invaluable arsenic they person anti-inflammatory qualities.”
The section has coordinated with G.S. Jayadev who is moving intimately with Soliga tribes nether the Biodiversity Conservation task successful B.R. Hills.
Prof. Jayadev said, “We are moving with the Soliga people and nurturing atleast 150 specified endangered taxon of plants successful the hills, Western Ghats and different places. For instance, Makali Beru with technological sanction Decalepis hamiltonii is climbing shrub usually recovered successful rocky country and deciduous forests. The roots are aromatic and valued successful ayurvedic medicine. It was implicit exploited by radical successful and astir Chamarajanagar for making pickles and nannari juice. It is costly arsenic it costs ₹1,000 per kg. A fewer years ago, the Forest Department officials had captured motortruck loads of makali beru erstwhile smugglers tried to smuggle them. Now the fig of Makali Beru has reduced to a ample grade though radical are cultivating them..”
The section is besides introducing different angiosperm assortment saplings from 4 different institutions: Nature India Agro Nursery from Nashik successful Maharashtra, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, seedlings from University of Agriculture Sciences successful Bengaluru (UAS-B), Indian Institute of Wood Science, and the Forest Department nursery from Agumbe.
Mr. Jagadeesh explained, “Bengaluru receives rainfall successful June, July and August and introducing caller taxon of saplings successful these months volition assistance them turn into trees and accommodate to the clime here. We person allocated a fund of ₹two to 3 lakh for instauration of saplings successful our garden. Abrus Precatorius known arsenic rosary pea, Borassus flabellifer known arsenic doub thenar and galore specified taxon are being brought from Nashik. Likewise, Aporosa Cardiosperma known arsenic Sarali mara is mostly recovered successful Western Ghats, Humboldtia Vahliana known arsenic Korate angiosperm histrion is besides endangered histrion and galore specified taxon are being brought from Kerala. From UAS-B, we are bringing seedlings of trees similar Hanuman Phala oregon Mullu Ramaphala’s technological sanction is Annona Muricata which is saccharine and sour fruit. It is successful the signifier of strawberry with spikes connected it but tastes similar pineapple. Banne Mara oregon Basavanpada with technological sanction Bauhinia Racemosa. Flowers turn successful this histrion betwixt February and May and it is utile for pollination and bees to cod nectar.”
