The Sudan National Botanical Garden, established in 1954, is located in Khartoum in the Mogran residential area. The garden contains a collection of living plants in addition to a herbarium.^[1]

Location

The garden is located in the Khartoum Al Mogran area, where the White Nile meets the Blue Nile. The garden area is about 11 acres.^[2]

Administration

The garden is administratively affiliated to the Sudan federal Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation. The garden is listed among the oldest gardens in Africa.^[3]

The Garden has several departments and units:

• Seed collection unit.
• Reproduction unit - acclimatization.
• Genetic Resources Conservation Unit.
• Classification unit
• An exchange unit with international parks and research centers.
• Training and Signs Unit.
• Ornamental plants, Coordination and Heritage Unit
• Living unit.
• Unit of plants of economic importance.
• Information tion and Documenttion Unit .

The tasks and objectives

• Conservation and conservation of plant genetic resources.
• Providing the information and the botanical model for researchers, scholars and hobbyists
• General definition of different plants. Cultivation of new varieties of plants
• Conducting scientific research in the various fields of the plant.
• Care of living, library and seed store.
• Organize the information obtained in various plant sciences.
• Establishing, maintaining and maintaining the gene pool.

Activities

Among the events hosted by the garden is the annual flower exhibition.^[4]

Opening Hours

The garden and the domain are open on official working days, Sunday to Thursday 09:00 to 03:00, and access requires tickets at the gate.