Medicinal Botanical Garden of Lima

The Medicinal Botanical Garden of Lima (Spanish: Jardín botánico de Plantas Medicinales de Lima) is a botanical garden for medicinal plants in Jesús María District, Lima, Peru.

It is located next to the headquarters of the Ministry of Health,[2][3] with another garden located at Chorrillos District.

It was created by the Institute of Traditional Medicine (IMET),[4][5] then under the leadership of José Aranda Ventura.

[6] Currently operated by CENSI [es], a government body under the Ministry of Health, it contains over 600 different types of medicinal plants.

[7] These plants are then used by the Ministry in its treatments of different diseases.