Rimba Ilmu Botanical Gardens, Botanical garden in University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Rimba Ilmu is a tropical botanical garden on the campus of the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, covering over 80 hectares and holding more than 1,600 plant species. Its name means "forest of knowledge" in Malay. The collection is mainly native species, with plants also drawn from tropical Asia, the Pacific islands, Australia, South America, Africa and Madagascar.

Rimba Ilmu was set up in 1974 by the late Professor W.R. Stanton on the campus of the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian Nature Society has run environmental programmes at the garden with the university since 1997.

The Malaysian Nature Society has run environmental programmes at the garden with the university since 1997. The name Rimba Ilmu means "forest of knowledge", and the grounds hold over 1,600 plant species, mainly indigenous but also from tropical Asia, the Pacific islands, Australia, South America, Africa and Madagascar.

Rimba Ilmu covers more than 80 hectares on the University of Malaya campus in Kuala Lumpur, so allow time to walk between its planted collections. The Malaysian Nature Society has run environmental programmes here with the university since 1997, and these are the activities to ask about when planning a visit.

The garden's name means "forest of knowledge" in Malay. It was founded in 1974 by the late Professor W.R. Stanton on the University of Malaya campus. Since 1997, the Malaysian Nature Society has run environmental programmes there with the university.