Purwodadi Botanical Garden

Various types of legumes are used as ornamental plants such as species from the genera Amherstia, Brownea, Cassia, Senna, and Saraca.

Some are used as medicinal plants such as johar (Senna siamea), kedawung (Parkia timoriana), and Dadap srep (Erythrina subumbrans).

About 7 species are endemic to East Java such as Appendicula imbricata, Arcuatum dendrobium and Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum.

The fern collection lies beneath a patch of larger trees and is shady, as these plants grow best in shade and damp.

are used as ornamental plants, horsetail Equisetum debile is used as a medical treatment, and Lygodium circinnatum for craft materials.

The medicinal plant collection includes species such as Morinda citrifolia, a fruit used for cough medicine and high blood pressure, purple leaf (Graptophyllum pictum), of which the leaves are used to cure hemorrhoids, Widoro upas (Merremia mammosa), a tuber used to remedy diabetes, Sembung (Blumea balsamifera) from the which leaves are used for asthma and heart disease medications, and Wudani (Quisqualis indica) which leaves are used for de-worming.

Purwodadi Botanic Garden can be explored by foot, on a rented bicycle, or by private car.