This document provides information about the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is located in Yunnan Province, China and covers an area of 11.25 square kilometers. It contains over 12,000 plant species across 38 specialized gardens, including rare and endangered plants. Main attractions include the tropical rainforest, celebrity name tree garden, bamboo garden, and rare plant conservation area.

1. Xishuangbanna Tropical
Botanical Garden, Chinese
Academy of Sciences
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2. G eographic location:Jinghong City,
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture,
Yunnan Province
Level:AAAAA
Famous scenery:Celebrity name tree garden,
Guoshuguo Garden, Bai Garden
Opening hours:08:00-18:00 (open all year)
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of
Sciences, the national AAAAA-level tourist scenic spot, is located in
Huludao, Yulun Town, Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Dai
Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. It is the largest
botanical garden in China with the largest collection of species and
the most specialized plant-specific parks. It is also a collection of
scientific research and species. A comprehensive research institution
and scenic area that preserves science education.
The Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese
Academy of Sciences was formerly known as the “Xishuangbanna
Tropical Botanical Garden” founded by Professor Cai Xitao in 1959.
After several reorganizations and reorganizations, it was approved by
the Central Organization Establishment Committee in September
1996 and named Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences. Chinese Academy of Sciences.
On March 28, 2017, the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of
the Chinese Academy of Sciences was selected by the National
Tourism Administration and the Chinese Academy of Sciences as “the
first batch of China’s top ten science and technology tourism bases”.

3. Historical evolution
In May 1958, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden was built in
Xishuangbanna Jinghong Daxie Longxiao Street. Due to the proximity
of the border and social security, it was moved to Menglun Town of
Mengla County at the end of 1958.
On January 1, 1959, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden was
formally established in Huludao.
From 1959 to June 1970, the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical
Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was established under the
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In July 1970, the place was decentralized by the State Council and
renamed as “Yunnan Provincial Tropical Plant Research Institute”,
under the leadership of the Yunnan Provincial Science and
Technology Commission.
In March 1978, it was approved by the State Council to be returned to
the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and changed its name to “Yunnan
Institute of Tropical Plants, Chinese Academy of Sciences”, directly
under the leadership of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In January 1987, the Chinese Academy of Sciences adjusted the
system of three biological institutions in Yunnan. In addition to the
experimental plant community research laboratory, it was
transferred to the Kunming Institute of Ecology of the Chinese
Academy of Sciences. The rest was merged into the Kunming Institute
of Botany, and the name of the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical
Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was restored. Kunming
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In January 1987, the Plant Community Room of the Yunnan Institute
of Tropical Plants of the Chinese Academy of Sciences merged with
the Kunming Branch Ecology Room to form the Kunming Institute of
Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the rest became the
Xishuangbanna Tropical under the jurisdiction of the Kunming
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Botanical garden.
Approved by the Central Editor in September 1996, the
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden under the jurisdiction of
the Kunming Institute of Botany and the Kunming Institute of Ecology
merged into the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences, an independent research institution of

4. the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
At the end of 1998, the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of
the Chinese Academy of Sciences became one of the first pilot units of
the Knowledge Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of
Sciences.
In July 2011, the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences became a national 5A-level tourist
attraction.
Geographical environment
Location horizon
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of
Sciences is located in Huludao, Yulun Town, Mengla County,
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China.
It is 96 kilometers away from Jinghong City, more than 100
kilometers away from Mengla County, 101°25′ east longitude and 21°
north latitude. 41′, covers an area of 11.25km2.

5. Climatic conditions
The Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese
Academy of Sciences is located in the south of the Tropic of Cancer.
The annual average temperature is 21.4 °C, which belongs to the
northern tropical monsoon climate. It is characterized by abundant
heat, no hot summer, no cold in winter, abundant precipitation, and
distinct rain and rain.
Park resources
Preserving plants
As of September 2015, there are more than 12,000 live plants
collected in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences, covering an area of about 11.25km2.

6. There are 38 plant-specific areas and a primitive tropical rain forest
with an area of about 250hm2.
According to incomplete statistics, there are about 1400 species of
tropical plants in the park’s 38 different special parks, 130 families,
and more than 1,000 species of plants, including the brown, short,
and brown of the national protected plants. 458 species of palm
plants, such as dragon palm, national first-class protection plant
Wangtianshu, national second-class protection plant Yunnan Shijie, 榆
green wood, and precious wood teak, rosewood, Weinan red thick
shell, etc. 20 A variety of tropical rare wood species; 121 species of
gymnosperms such as Araucaria, Pinaceae, Cedaraceae, Cypress,
Podocarpaceae, Cephalotaxaceae, Taxaceae, and about 150 species of
Brassica; Zingiberaceae 170 More than 300 species of ferns, including
more than 10 species of national key protection and rare ferns; Yujiu,
Manjianghong, Eichhornia crassipes, American eucalyptus, Ziping,
Dahuan, Lizi, Amaranth, etc. There are about 100 species (variety) of
aquatic plants; 645 species (variety) of tropical flowers and plants;
more than 250 kinds of bamboos such as giant dragon bamboo,
bamboo, thorn bamboo, and glutinous rice fragrant bamboo;
preserved grapefruit, mango, and fragrant banana varieties. Tropical
famous fruit, 莽, persimmon, rambutan, longan, lychee Avocado,
papaya, cacao beverage plants, can pull some wild fruit trees and a
total of 641 kinds (varieties).

7. Travel Information
Main Attractions
Tropical rainforest scenic spot
The tropical rain forest covers an area of about 80 hectares and is
used for the ex situ and in situ conservation of plants in
Xishuangbanna and surrounding areas, including 7 tropical plants
including Jiangyuan, Tiannan Xingyuan, Lanyuan, Ferns and
Wildflowers. There are more than 2,000 kinds of seed plants in the
garden/district, including more than 100 rare and endangered plants.
The pristine tropical rain forest in the core area shows the typical
characteristics of the tropical rain forest; large roots, strangulation,
old stem flowers, sky gardens and large wooden vines hanging high in
the sky, etc., can also be seen reflecting the geological history of the
area. Mountain mangroves, pandanus trees. It is a comprehensive
platform integrating species collection and preservation, scientific
research and environmental education.

8. Celebrity name tree garden
Established in 1999, Celebrity Mingshuyuan covers an area of 55
acres and collects 275 species or varieties of tropical plants. The park
has Acacia trees planted by Jiang Zemin, Li Limu, hand-planted by Li
Peng, and Xiaoyeyi, hand-planted by Li Ruihuan. The “Wild Rainforest
Giant” planted by Prince Philip of the World Wildlife Fund is Wang
Tianshu, Prince of Japan’s Akihabara Palace. Hand-planted black
Dalbergia, the Chinese Academy of Sciences dean Lu Jiaxi hand-
planted saw bamboo tree, the dean of Zhou Guangzhao’s hand-planted
Tianmumu and the dean of the comrade Lu Yongxiang’s hand-planted
dragon blood tree, etc., the founder of the park, the first garden The
dragon’s blood tree planted by Professor Cai Xitao, the second lychee
planted by the singer, and the third planter, Xu Zaifu, was planted by
the iron tree. The park also has the “Xishuangbanna Tropical
Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences”, which shows
the history of the botanical gardens. The commemoration of the
founder Cai Xitao’s stone group carvings – “Trees and Seas” also
collected a variety of exotic flowers in this garden, such as Cai Xitao
The professor discovered and hand-planted the Cambodian Dragon
Blood Tree, which is capable of extracting the precious South
medicine “Huoxue Sheng Medicine”. The Dai Buddhist plant made the
Bayeux, the bay leaf brown, the peacock shaped like a screen, the
desert water storage tree – the traveler banana. The most poisonous
plant in the world, known as “seeing the blood and sealing the throat”
– the arrow poison wood, the old stem flower is edible – the burning
flower, the flower-like mandala, the pretty yellow-brown And the
sprinkling of golden enamel with different leaf shapes and colorful
colors. In the garden, there is also the oldest iron tree in
Xishuangbanna, the dimorphic Millennium Iron Tree King.

9. Baizhuyuan
The Baizhu Garden of the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was built in 1965. It covers an
area of 104 mu and has introduced more than 250 kinds of bamboo. It
collects bamboos from southern Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi,
Hainan, and tropical countries in Southeast Asia. There are many
precious bamboo species, such as the dragon bamboo with a stem
diameter of 25 cm, the bamboo belly like a Buddha belly, and the
yellow and green. The golden bamboo and bamboo branches are
covered with thorns, the glutinous rice bamboo used by the local Yi
people to make bamboo rice, the vine bamboo with rare tree climbing
and the phoenix bamboo with rich Yi style.
Guoshuguo Garden
The National Tree Garden was established in 1999 and is divided into
six regions of Asia, South America, North America, Oceania, Africa
and Europe. A total of 20 acres of land, collecting 58 national tree
national flowers in 80 countries suitable for local growth. Such as

10. Myanmar National Flower – Dragon Boat Flower, Lao National Flower
– Plumeria, Libyan National Flower – Pomegranate Flower,
Madagascar National Flower – Phoenix Wood, Belgian National
Flower – Rhododendron, etc., and through the text and popular
science commentary, so that the public can learn more about the
customs and culture of each country. Knowledge of tradition,
geography and geography.
Weinan Tropical Wild Flower Garden
The park covers an area of 31 acres. It mainly collects the germplasm
resources of wild flowers in the southern part of Yunnan (referred to
as the tropical and southern subtropical areas of Yunnan), and
collects and preserves about 250 species of 65 species of wild
ornamental flowers. The landscape is fully utilizing the principles of
community ecology, and the plants such as Joe, Irrigation, Grass, and
Vine are scientifically and rationally arranged, set off against 10 mu
of water, and the flowers are red and the landscape is unique. The
park has become a special type of park for plant germplasm
conservation, scientific research, popular science education and eco-
tourism.

11. Rare and Endangered Plants Ex situ
Conservation Area
As of September 2015, the park’s rare and endangered plant ex situ
conservation area covers an area of 90 hectares. It was protected and
constructed in 1974, aiming at the protection and research of rare and
endangered plants and tropical rain forest diversity. Through decades
of collection, protection and construction, there are more than 3,000
species of higher plants, of which about 1,500 species are introduced,
and more than 100 kinds of rare and endangered plants and key
protected plants are preserved. There are also forest ecosystem
observation towers and surface runoff observation stations for
ecological research. At the same time, some special plant special
parks have been built, which preserves the species and enriches the
content of popular science education. The forest community in the
area is marked by four trees and longan. There are typical tropical
rainforest landscapes such as old stems and flowers, strangulation,
single trees, and roots. The area has become an important base for
research in ecology, forest ecology, and biodiversity conservation.

12. Wild orchid garden
The wild orchid garden covers an area of 9.08 mu and was
established in 2000. With the aim of protecting and studying orchid
resources, it is mainly engaged in the research on introduction,
domestication, preservation and biological characteristics of orchids.
Collection and preservation of Dendrobium, Vanda, Hedyotidin,
Scutellaria, Fritillaria, Nymphaea, Spider, Spiraea, Dendrobium,
Dendrobium, Shrimp, and Bamboo Leaves Nearly 200 species of wild
orchids such as orchids, genus Cymbidium, Hydrangea, and Plumeria.
The area has become an important base for the research of orchids in
China.
Exotic flower garden
The Qihua Yimu Garden was built in 1999 and covers an area of 12
acres. It mainly collects tropical exotic flowers and trees, and displays
it to the public by means of gardening and gardening. It plays an
important role in popularizing botany and ecology knowledge. The
park is divided into a fruit planting area, a grass flowering plant area,
a flowering plant area, a sensing plant area, a botanical planting area,

13. etc., and 254 species (variety) of exotic flowers and trees are
collected. Among them are the old stem flower plant, the worry-free
flower, the fruit plant mysterious fruit, the wood milk fruit, the
cocoa, the balloon fruit, the milk cigar, the stalk-expanded stem plant
bottle brown, the wine bottle orchid, the elephant leg tree, the
Buddha belly tree Etc., the roots and tuberous swollen plant mountain
tortoises, the world’s most flowering giant horse aristolochia, flower-
like beard-like tiger whiskers, whiskers, flower-shaped and exotic
safflower passionflower, golden cup flowers, double-lobed paper Fan,
grass flower plant, shrimp flower, sun flower, etc., mosaic plant red
mulberry, white margin agave, etc., induction plant dancing grass,
shy tree, clock flower, etc., the lightest light wood of wood, the
national protection plant fire tree Wait.
Wild edible botanical garden
The special category park is supported by the Science and Technology
Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Based on the
original wild vegetable plant special category park, it started in 2009
and has been completed in 3 years. The park covers an area of about
150 mu, and collects more than 400 species of wild edible and
cultivated plant relatives, which are preserved in wild fruit-eating
areas, wild flower-eating areas, wild edible stems and leaves, wild
roots, and wild cultivated plants. The species are dotted around the

14. districts. This is the world’s largest collection of wild edible plant
species and the largest area of the park as of September 2015.
Aquatic Botanical Garden
The aquatic botanical garden covers an area of 15 mu and collects and
displays a wide variety of aquatic plants in the tropics. About 100
species (variety) have been collected and preserved. The garden
planted aquatic plants of different living forms according to the water
wet environment and plant ecological habits, including: floating leaf
plants – plant roots or underground stems rooted in the bottom,
stems growing in water, petiole length can be extended with water
level Long, leaves and flowers floating on the surface of aquatic
plants, such as Wang Lian, water lily, medlar, Pampas grass. Floating
plants – plants that float on the surface as a whole, roots are not born
in the mud, plants that can drift around with the water, such as Yujiu,
Manjianghong, Eichhornia crassipes, American eucalyptus, purple, big
drift, eye dish , leek. Submerged plants – complete aquatic plants,
most of which live in submerged life. They live in deeper waters. The
roots grow in the soil. The leaves are usually linear and banded, such
as goldfish and yellow snails. Algae, spirulina, etc. Water-producing
plants – the lower part or the base sinks in the water, the roots or
underground stems grow in the mud, and the upper plants rise out of
the water, usually in shallow water or water. Such as lotus, papyrus,

15. sedge, scallions, long-spotted bamboo stalk, white powder Taria,
leeches, aquatic horseshoe, sage, diarrhea, scutellaria, lycopene, cane
grass, calamus, Sage, yellow flower iris. Waterfront plants – grow on
the shore or in damp places, like water and moisture, such as
metasequoia, cedar, pine, wood hibiscus and so on.
Green Stone Forest Reserve
The Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese
Academy of Sciences has an area of 225 hectares. It is located in the
eastern part of Huludao. It has a beautiful natural environment and a
forest coverage rate of over 90%. The typical limestone mountain
forest vegetation grows more than 1,000 kinds of higher plants and is
home to hundreds of species. wild animals. The landscapes of the
various shapes of strange stones and lush rainforests in the area are
everywhere, forming the rare wonders of “there are forests and stone
forests underneath”, so it is called “green stone forest”. The Green
Stone Forest Scenic Spot is a rare habitat for many rare and
endangered animals, such as the double-horned hornbill, the gray
langur, the peak monkey, the gibbons, and the rich tropical orchid
resources. It is the return and integration of these rare and
endangered animals and plants. Demonstration base for protection.

16. Hundred gardens
Bai Garden is the first scene of the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical
Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It covers an area of 353
acres and now collects and displays 645 species (variety) of tropical
flowers and plants. The 100 garden plant sets are mainly displayed in
solitary plants, pure forests, large-scale collection of similar species,
exclusive preservation of specialties, climbing and aquatic flowers
and plants. And strive to be ingeniously combined with the
topographic waters to form different viewing spaces, creating
landscape effects such as “Day Girl Scattered Flowers”, “Layered
Forests”, “Colorful” and “Flower Blossoms”. With the help of a large
number of flower plants in the area, through the excavation of
flowers and the connection between people’s daily life, beliefs and
emotions, as well as the literary works such as legends, poems and
other literary works created by literati in the past, in the form of
couplets, calligraphy and plaques, etc. In the park, the scientific and
cultural connotations of flower plants are fully demonstrated.

17. Baixiang Garden
Baixiang Garden covers an area of 86 mu and has introduced more
than 104 kinds of important spice plants at home and abroad. There
are world famous spices such as ylang-ylang, clove, sandalwood,
earth agarwood, vanilla, nutmeg, peruvian, tolu, scented rosewood,
ceylon cinnamon, cinnamon, white orchid, etc., also preserve
important Native spice plants, such as high-grade acacia alcohol,
geraniol, linalool, methyl eugenol-type fine-wool; high citral-
containing yacon, high-yellow scorpion There are many camphor-like
scutellariae, many of which are endemic to Yunnan, rare plants in the
world, and have great potential for development and utilization. In
addition, it also collects many traditional ethnic food flavors, such as
the common fragrant raw materials of the local Yi people, such as
lemongrass, hedgehog, and the fragrant raw materials of Yundang in
the following year. It is the largest spice plant in China. Gene data
bank.

18. Wild ginger garden
The Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese
Academy of Sciences began collecting, domesticating and preserving
Zingiberaceae plants in the 1960s, mainly focusing on the ex situ
conservation of tropical and subtropical wild Zingiberaceae
germplasm resources in China and Southeast Asian countries. The
park covers an area of about 100 mu and preserves more than 170
species of 16 genera of wild ginger plants, including rare and
endangered plants such as fennel amomum, pseudo-soybean meal,
long-growed ginger, sea bream, important Chinese herbal medicine
Amomum vulgaris, and Grass fruit, ginger, cardamom, galangal,
turmeric, medlar, turmeric, closed-stem ginger, etc., as well as spices,
pigments, starches, vegetables and beautiful ornamental ginger
plants. The Wild Ginger Garden of the Xishuangbanna Tropical
Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has become an
important base for research on the classification, systematic
evolution, pollination biology, ecology, phytochemistry, development
and utilization of the family of ginger.
Ticket price
Tickets for the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences have been implemented in a “one-vote
system”. The full ticket price is 104 yuan/person, and the free ticket

19. policy for the elderly over 70 years old, active military personnel,
disabled persons and children under 1.2 meters; the students, 60-69
years old, winter and summer camp, creative sketching, wedding
photography, tourism team, etc. Discount ticket policy. According to
the relevant regulations, the ticket price of the park during the
“Spring Festival, May Day, National Day” is reduced by 20%,
according to 83 yuan / person. Visitors can choose to book/pay tickets
through the travel website, and visitors who book in advance can
enjoy a special price of 94 yuan/person. In addition, the park’s
popular science department also offers preferential activities for
specific regions and special groups from time to time.
From October 1st, 2018, the ticket for Xishuangbanna Tropical
Botanical Garden will be reduced from 104 yuan/person to 80
yuan/person.
Traffic routes
At the Jinghong Bus Terminal, take the bus to Yulun and Mengla, and
get off at the Lunlun. The fare is 16~20 yuan, and the journey is about
1 hour and 10 minutes. From Kunming and Pu’er, you can take the bus
bound for Mengla to get off at Yulun Town. It takes 10 minutes to
walk from the Yulun Bus Terminal to the suspension bridge. After
buying the ticket, the suspension bridge is the scenic spot.
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