Yamashina Botanical Research Institute
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The Yamashina Botanical Research Institute (山科植物資料館) is a research botanical garden
specializing in medicinal herb
s, operated by Nippon Shinyaku and located at Oyakesaka no tsujicho 39, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
. It is open from Monday through Friday; please write ahead for permission to visit.
The institute was established in 1934. Today its garden is 8,000 m² in extent, and consists of one large and two small greenhouse
s, an arboretum
, an herb
garden, and a botany school with library and laboratories. It contains more than 3,000 species
of medicinal and useful plants, including rare species of Orchid, and cultures of Marijuana from around the world.
Botanical garden
A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...
specializing in medicinal herb
Herb
Except in botanical usage, an herb is "any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume" or "a part of such a plant as used in cooking"...
s, operated by Nippon Shinyaku and located at Oyakesaka no tsujicho 39, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is open from Monday through Friday; please write ahead for permission to visit.
The institute was established in 1934. Today its garden is 8,000 m² in extent, and consists of one large and two small greenhouse
Greenhouse
A greenhouse is a building in which plants are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to very large buildings...
s, an arboretum
Arboretum
An arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
, an herb
Herb
Except in botanical usage, an herb is "any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume" or "a part of such a plant as used in cooking"...
garden, and a botany school with library and laboratories. It contains more than 3,000 species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of medicinal and useful plants, including rare species of Orchid, and cultures of Marijuana from around the world.