Lancetilla Botanical Garden

Lancetilla Botanical Garden is a botanical garden and significant tourist attraction located on the coast of the Caribbean Sea, in the north of the Republic of Honduras, about 7 km southeast of the city of Tela.[2]

Lancetilla Botanical Garden & Research Center
Lychee tree with its fruits.
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Coordinates15°41′00″N 87°25′00″W / 15.68333°N 87.41667°W / 15.68333; -87.41667
Area1681 ha
Created1925[1]
Websitejardinbotanicolancetilla.negocio.site

History

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The Lancetilla Botanical Garden or more appropriately Lancetilla Botanical Garden and Research Center[1] was for a long time the only botanical garden in Honduras (until the UNAH botanical garden was opened in 2005) and one of the largest in Latin America. The Botanical Garden is a department of the National University of Forest Sciences (UNACIFOR). The botanical garden is part of the BGCI and presents works for the International Agenda for Conservation in Botanical Gardens. Its international recognition code as a botanical institution, as well as its herbarium acronym is LANCE.[1]

Garden Collection

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It has an extension of 1681 hectares, of which 1261 ha are from a Nature reserve, 350 are from plantations and 70 ha correspond to an Arboretum. The collection includes about 1500 species focused mainly on tropical plants with fruits.[3]

Facilities

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Several administrative and research buildings mostly preserve architectural style of the 1930s and 1940s, when the Garden was owned by the banana company United Fruit Company. Herbarium with specimens from all over the area is located here. There is also a cafeteria with restaurant and accommodation for up to 30 people.

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