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Mekarsari Fruitgarden

park in Cileungsi, Indonesia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ47675 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mekarsari Fruitgarden, or Taman Buah Mekarsari, is a biodiversity conservation center of tropical fruits, from all regions in Indonesia and other parts of the world. This is a place of cultivation research, breeding and propagation of superior seeds and then disseminated to farmers and the general public. The park is located at Mekarsari Cileungsi, Bogor, Indonesia. The park is about 25 km south of city center of Jakarta but within Greater Jakarta metropolitan area. Park area is about of 264 hectares, which is equipped tourist facilities for domestic and foreign tourists.

Facilities

A tour in the middle of the fruit garden is supported by various types of rides that bring visitors close to the nature. Facilities include, a recreation Lake/Water park of 25 hectares, Baby Zoo, Deer Leopard, Garden Center, Greenhouse Melon, Coconut Outbound, Carrion Flower, Kids Fun Valley, observation tower, Waterfall Building, Pongo show, Three Dimensional trick Art museum and House of Hobbit.Theater of Science with Professor Durio is an educational science show with the theme of fruit and food in the theater.

History

The park was temporarily closed for renovation and opened again in February, 2014.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mekarsari Fruitgarden” as park in Cileungsi, Indonesia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mekarsari, Fruitgarden and park.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mekarsari, Fruitgarden and park providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mekarsari Fruitgarden”, the useful work is to connect “park in Cileungsi, Indonesia” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q47675. VIAF identifies the subject as 134147687. The Library of Congress control number is nr96024857. Authority coordinates are -6.416, 106.984. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mekarsari Fruitgarden” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.