History

Bogor Botanical Gardens are part of the monument Slate, founded by Sri Baduga Maharaja (King Siliwangi) from Royal Botanical Gardens Pajajaran years 1474-1513 when it was called samida (artificial forests or parks artificial), which aimed for the purposes of preserving the environment and maintaining a place of rare wood seed seed.

In addition samida it (later known as the Bogor Botanical Garden), at that time also made a similar samida in Bogor Cianjur limit (Forest Ciung Vanara), both in terms of the aslian plant species planted or layout of the plant. If so in reality, the Raffles and Van den Bosh is the only figure enhancer pemugar and plant collections for botanical gardens that have been established since the late 14th century by the dynasty Royal Botanic Garden Pajajaran.Ide stance stems from a biologist that is Reindwardt who wrote to the Commissioner-General G. S. G. P. van der Capellen. In his letter Reindwardt expressed his desire to ask for a piece of land that would be a useful garden plants, as a place of teacher education, collection of plants also developed into another garden.

Botanical Gardens, founded on May 18, 1817 by Prof.. Dr. C. G. L. Reindwardt who then called, s'Lands Plantentuinte Buitenzorg is better known as the Bogor Botanical Gardens. Bogor Botanical Gardens along the way history has a different name ie "s'Lands Plantentuin," Syokubutzuer "Botanical Garden of Buitenzorg," Botanical Garden of Indonesia. " But in the end is better known as the Bogor Botanical Gardens. Its establishment was initiated by putting the first spade in the earth swing Pajajaran as a sign that the construction of crop development, which obviously led by Reindwardt sanaannya own, assisted by Mr. James Hooper and W. Kent of the famous Kew Gardens in England, in the city of Richmond. Reindwardt pioneering effort in the field of Herbarium. He is also known as a founder of the Herbarium Bogoriense. Bogor Botanical Garden Area at 80 hectares with 15,000 species of trees and plant collections, in addition to the Bogor Botanical Gardens has various species of animals and birds. Bogor Botanical Garden has a collection of Cryptogamae plants, 25 species of gymnosperms, 51 species and 2200 species Monocotyledonae Dicotyledonae.