The Palmetum is a specialized botanical garden located in the Malakpet area, Hyderabad, in Telangana, which features only one family of plant: the palms.
The garden's collection contains all six subfamilies within the family Arecaceae, with a total of about 120 varieties of 250 trees. It was initiated in 2002 by Chandramohan Reddy, Director of Urban Forestry, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad. Some of the samples were obtained from Malaysia and Madagascar.
This park is mainly used by senior citizens for walking and young adults use it for jogging and yoga.
List of palm genera Aiphanes Archontophoenix: Archontophoenix alexandrae Areca: Areca catechu Arenga Bismarckia: Bismarckia nobilis Borassus: Borassus flabellifer Brahea: Brahea armata Butia Calamus: Calamus rotang Carpentaria Caryota Chamaedorea Chamaerops: Chamaerops humilis Chambeyronia: Chambeyronia macrocarpia Cocos: Cocos nucifera Copernicia Corypha: Corypha unbraculifera Cyrtostachys Dictyosperma Drymophloeus: Drymophloeus oliviformis Dypsis Elaeis: Elaeis guineensis Heterospathe Howea Hyophorbe Latania Licuala Livistona Nypa: Nypa fruticans Phoenicophorium Phoenix: Phoenix dactylifera Pinanga Pritchardia Pseudophoenix: Pseudophoenix sargentii Ptychosperma Ravenea: Ravenea glauca Rhapis: Rhapis excelsa Roystonea Sabal: Sabal palmetto Serenoa Syagrus Trachycarpus: Trachycarpus fortunei Trithrinax Veitchia Wallichia Washingtonia: Washingtonia filifera Wodyetia: Wodyetia bifurcata