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The Garden for Energy Plants
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Update time: 2013-01-10
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The garden for energy plant covers an area of 13 acres. According to the history of plant’s usage by human, the garden comprises of 5 functional parts which collected plants for firewood, starch, textile, oil and hydrocarbon. The garden has the energy plants which are widely used or have a great potential for development in tropical and subtropical areas. And now this garden is home to more than 350 species in 50 plant families. In this garden, visitors can enjoy seeing the different styles of landscapes, ornamental elements, energy plant diversity. It does not only show the relationship beweent energy plants and human beings but also provide a good platform for scientific research and exploitation of economic plants.

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Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
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