Colaba Woods Garden — Attraction in Mumbai

Colaba Woods is a garden in the Colaba area of Mumbai, India.

A place for very rare trees other than the basic garden amenities ....

Some of the unique tree species are as below:

Toona ciliata M. Roem: There are two very old trees of Toona ( Scientific name Toona ciliata M. Roem. synonym Toona hexandra (Roxb.) Roem.) . According to the Tree census report of MCGM in Year 2008, only one tree of Toona was found in Mumbai, again in Ward A of Mumbai. It clearly means it is the only tree left in Mumbai. Nephelium chinensis (Lour.) Almeida- There is single tree species of Litchi ( 165 in Mumbai) found in the garden. Most of the Litchi trees do not bear fruits in Mumbai, but the tree in Colaba woods is fruiting well. This probably is only due to tall trees around, which help to keep climate cool and pollution-free. Koelreuteria paniculata Laxm. Amazingly there is one very old small tree of Koelreuteria. It is also called Flame Gold tree. According to the Tree census report of MCGM in Year 2008, only two tree of Koelreuteria were found in Mumbai, again in Ward A of Mumbai. It clearly means it is one of the two trees...

Beautiful garden with some beautiful flowers and plants. Garden is next to president hotel. Since metro work is in progress you have to enter by a small gate right next to president hotel. Garden gives peace of mind. It is maintained. You may find some rats moving. It does not have proper drinking water facility. Washroom are available but the doors are closed 😆. There's a public toilet right next to the garden, but to reach there you have to get out of the garden and move along the construction site. To reach the garden you have many BEST busses from CSMT station. And a direct bus from...

I go to this garden daily for jogging , it is overall a very good garden as it have a tiny gym for exercises , there is a separate route for jogging and walking it's a way round garden jogging track of 500 meter do have many trees and greenery . It opens at 6 am in the morning and closes at 4 pm due to lockdown restrictions or earlier it used to close at 7 pm . It also have a small study area but due to some reason it is...