Hengchun Tropical Botanic Garden

Taiwan, China - Pingtung

Institution Code: HCT

Main Address:
Hengchun Tropical Botanic Garden
203 Kungyuan Road, Kenting, Hengchun Town, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Pingtung
94606 Taiwan, China

Telephone: (886) 8 8861157
Fax: (886) 8 8861707
URL: www.tfri.gov.tw
Primary Email: tfrihc@tfri.gov.tw

Director's Name: Chao Song Lin, Director
Curator's Name: Ding Hong Yeh
Plant Records Officer's Name: Ding Hong Yeh
Total Staff:
Horticultural Staff Number: 1
Educational Staff Number: 1
Research Staff Number: 3
Administration Staff Number: 1

Institution Type: Botanic Garden
Status
Status: Private: No
Status: State: Yes
Status: Educational: Yes
Status: Municipal: Yes
Status: Satellite: No
Status: Trust: No
Date founded: 1906
Physical Data
Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
Natural vegetation area: Size: 138 Hectares
Landscaped Area: Yes
Landscaped Area: Size: 64 Hectares
Total Area: 466 Hectares
Latitude: 22.6751
Longitude: 120.4928
Annual Rainfall: 2354 mm
Altitude: 280.00 Metres
Locality: Information
Locality: Garden Name: 恆春熱帶植物園
Local Address: 946屏東縣恆春鎮公園路203號
Locality: City: 屏東縣
Locality: State: 屏東縣

Herbarium: No
Arboretum: Yes
Arboretum Size: 64
Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
Seed Bank: No
Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
Computer Plant Record System: Yes
Open to public: Yes
Friends society: No
Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
Disabled access: Yes
Number of Visitors: 310
Number of Volunteers: 60

Special Collections:Palms, Codiaeum, Ficus, tropical fruit trees, Aquatic plants, tropical ornamental plant, Ficus and Fabaceae collection, native plants of Hengchun Peninsula collection, ethnobotanical plants for PaiWan tribe and DaWu tribe.
Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
Invasive Species Policy: Yes
ABS Policy: No
Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programme: Yes
Medicinal Plant Programme: No
Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
Reintroduction Programme: No

Member's Area