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National Botanic Garden of Israel

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National Botanic Garden of Israel (officially Montague Lamport Botanical Garden for the Native Plants of Israel) Hebrew: הגן הבוטני לצמחי ארץ ישראל ע"ש מונטג'יו למפורט), is a botanical garden located on the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Its herbarium and Institution Code is HUJ. It covers an area of 25 dunams and contains 950 varieties of plants, 40% of them wild.

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National Botanic Garden of Israel
Reagan Plaza, Jerusalem Mount Scopus

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Reagan Plaza
9711769 Jerusalem, Mount Scopus
Jerusalem District, Israel
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