Kosobe Conservatory

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The Kosobe Conservatory is a botanical garden that forms part of the Experimental Farm, Kyoto University (京都大学大学院 農学研究科附属農場), located at Hacchonawate 12, Kosobe, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan.

The conservatory was established in January 1929 to educate undergraduate and graduate students, and to advance horticultural research in ornamental plants of tropical and subtropical origin. Today its collections include orchids, begonias, Nepenthes, and melastomataceae.

[edit] See also

• List of botanical gardens in Japan

[edit] References

• Experimental Farm, Kyoto University (English)
• Experimental Farm, Kyoto University (Japanese)
• Annual Report, 2005
• Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Affiliated Institutions
• BGCI entry