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 The Tropical Botany Garden of Menglun is located on
Hulu Island of Menglun Township, 96 kilometers from Jinghong City.
It is called the " Green Gem on the Crown of the
Kingdom of Plants " and is the first embryo of the " Biological
Society of Multi-levels and Multi-varieties ". The garden was
established in 1959 under the leadership of the late famous
botanist Cai Xitao. In the garden's area of 860 ha. , thousands
upon thousands of varieties of tropical and subtropical plants
from home and abroad are growing there. Visitors can admire many
precious plant varieties here, such as the dragon tree, the mayten
wood, the poisonous up as-tree, the cement wall like big root, the
thirst  relieving "carrying pole vine" and the " strelitziaceae ",
the " clock flower " opening and closing along with the sunrise
and sunset, the " dancing grass " in response to sounds, the "
king lotus " able to hold a sitting child, and the " miracle fruit
" able to turn sour to sweet, etc..
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