Qarshi Botanical Garden, Qarshi Industries Pvt. Ltd, Pakistan

Description

Qarshi Botanical Garden (QBG) was established in 2000 with the aim to conserve and propagate commercially important indigenous plant species.Qarshi Botanical Garden (QBG) is situated on the premises of Qarshi Industries (Pvt.) Ltd, which is located in the industrial Estate, Hattar, District Haripur, KPK, Pakistan on Taxila - Haripur Road. The Herb Garden is spread over 4 acres.The Herb Garden is tastefully designed and laid out for planting of medicinal plant species. It contains more than 276 medicinal plant species of 52 families and 212 genera. There are 56 exotic species including herbs, shrubs & trees. Some of important exotic species are Ginkgo biloba, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Stevia rebaudiana, Zephranthes grandiflora, Aloe barbadensis, Helianthus tuberosus, Nepeta cataria, Mentha spicata, Cymbopogon citratus, Plantago lanceolata, Plumbago zeylanica, Rosmarinus officinalis, Hyssopus officinalis, Melissa officinalis,Cynara scolymus, Ribis grossularis etc. Rests of species are indigenous and collected from different ecological zones of Pakistan especially mountainous regions including Northern Areas and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The important indigenous species planted include Lawsonia alba, Achillia millifolium, Ajuga reptans, Althea rosea, Berberis lycium, Cichorium intybus, Fragaria vesca, Podophyllum emodi, Cymbopogon citratus, Tanacetum parthenium, Mirabilis jalapa, Crategus fragrans, Calotropus procera, Glycchariza glabra, Ocimum bacilicum, Rosa damascene, Mentha arvensis, Curcuma longa, Sida cordifolia, Plantago major, Viola odorata. Some threatened species like Taxus wallichiana, Withania somnifera, Valariana jatamansi, Juniperus excelsa, Murraya koenigii, Berginia cilliata have also been planted in the Herb Garden for conservation & propagation. There are 16 species of Cactus and 7 species of Juniper.Each plant species planted in the Herb Garden is labeled in standard format which provides all relevant information about plant species such as Urdu name, Botanical name, English name, Family, Part used, Medicinal use / Action etc.

Contacts

TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Masoor Zahid
Telephone: 0092 995 617273
email: mansoor.zahid@qarshi.com

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Muhammad Rashid
Telephone: 0092 995 617273
email: rashid.afzal@qarshi.com

Qarshi Botanical Garden, Qarshi Industries Pvt. Ltd, Pakistan
Hattar Industrial Estate
Haripur
22610
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PK
email: rashid.afzal@qarshi.com