CARNIVOROUS PLANT GARDEN, NANDANKANAN

Carnivorous Plant Garden, established inside the State Botanical Garden,

Nandankanan covering an area of 800sft intended to exhibit carnivorous plants of regional

importance. The exhibit will promote education and awareness among the visitors towards

carnivorous plants and their conservation in general. Nandankanan Biological Park is first of

its kind to display carnivorous plants. An amount of Rs 5 lakhs has been utilised under the

scheme. This project was started during the month of September, 2015 and completed during

the month of March, 2016. The garden has been developed to accommodate four (4) different

species of Carnivorous plants with provision of naturalistic landscape and signages.

PLANTS DISPLAYED

Sl. No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME

1 Pitcher plant Nepenthes species

2 Trumpet plant Sarracenia leucophylla

3 Sundew Drosera indica

4 Venus fly trap Dionaea muscipula

INAUGURATION OF CARNIVOROUS PLANT GARDEN (21.03.2016)