Water GardenQur’anic Botanic Garden
The Water Garden was designed in the form of a large bowl from which water fountains flow from the inside outward.
On their sides are stairs and terraces on which the water descends, giving the sound of it babbling, which makes the visitor feel comfortable. On the sides of the Water Garden are a range of plants that grow naturally in wetland environments.
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Banana / Musa × paradisiaca L.
One of the most widespread plants around the world in humid and tropical places, banana is mentioned in the Noble Qur’an as one of the plants of Paradise.
One of the interesting facts about the banana is that it does not have a true stem. Rather, it is an intertwining of petioles of large banana leaves to give a false stem. True banana stalks are corms under the ground from which the leaves emerge.
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Sweet Flag / Acorus calamus L.
Sweet Flag is an aquatic plant that is found in moist environments all year round. Sweet Flag consists of tufts of basal leaves that rise from a spreading rhizome.
The leaves are erect yellowish-brown, radical, with pink sheathing at their bases, sword-shaped, flat and narrow, tapering into a long, acute point and have parallel veins.
In QBG, the seedling plant of Sweet Flag is propagated by ground rhizomes, which give a high success rate when growing the plant vegetatively.
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Costus / Cheilocostus speciosus (J. Koenig) C.D. Specht
A tropical plant that needs a hot and humid environment, Costus grows in southern and eastern Asia and central Africa. It is one of the plants that is part of the Zingibers order. Its ground stems – called rhizomes – are used in many medicinal uses and flavorings.
Zarnab (1)Qur’anic Botanic Garden
Shampoo Ginger
Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Roscoe ex Sm.
Zarnab (4)Qur’anic Botanic Garden
A well-known tropical plant that grows in rainforests that is also known as ginger shampoo. The evergreen plant develops from a ground rhizome and its buds grow into distinctive pink cones when their lifecycle is complete.
Zarnab (3)Qur’anic Botanic Garden
The water stored in the plant smells of cabbage, earning the plant its unique name.
Zarnab (2)Qur’anic Botanic Garden
The tree, which is suitable to grow in hot weather, especially in Qatar, originates from India, and contributes to the expulsion of insects that cause harm to humans.
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