Cibodas Botanical Garden (Kebun Raya Cibodas)

A 125-hectare botanical garden, located approximately 1,400 meters up on the slopes of Mount Gede, 23 kilometers to the northwest of Cianjur in the Cibodas subdistrict of West Java, Indonesia. It was founded in 1862 by the Dutch botanist Johannes Elias Teysjmann as an extension of the Bogor Botanical Gardens, and is the first location that Cinchona trees were grown in Indonesia for quinine production. The gardens have a collection of almost 6,000 specimens, representing over 1,200 species, and a glasshouse collection of over 4,000 specimens, including 350 species of cacti and succulents and 360 species of orchids.

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Glasshouse collections

There are nearly 4000 living specimens of 350 species of cacti and succulents, and 360 species of orchids. The cacti and succulent collection contains species from all over the world, including Agave, Dracaena, Sansevieria, Yucca, and Aloe species: many with brilliant yellow, red, pink or purple blossoms.

Palms collection

The palm collection in Cibodas Botanic Garden contains collections from all over the Indonesian archipelago: Pinanga lauhlii from Java, Pinanga densiflora from Aceh, Sumatera, Areca vestiaria from Sulawesi, Areca spp. from Maluku, Arenga undulatifolia from Kalimantan and Ptychococcus spp. from Irian Jaya.

Bamboo collection

Collections of Gigantochloa spp., the enormous Javanese bamboo, can be found in Section VII.A. The more delicately-stemmed Bambusa glaucesens from Japan is located nearby in Section VI.A. Bamboo species from China, Burma, and India are also found in the Garden.

Evergreen garden trees

Different varieties of oak (Quercus spp.) from Japan and the Himalyas can be found planted throughout the Garden, and the Garden's pine (Pinus spp.) collection of twenty species includes representatives from all over the globe: the Caribbean, North America, the Mediterranean, and Northern Asia.

Flowering trees and shrubs

Approximately 15 varieties of Camellia japonica from Japan can be found in here.

Waterfalls

Some human-made, and some naturally occurring in the landscape.