The Lancetilla Botanical Garden is located five km southeast of the seaside resort town of Tela on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. It was founded in 1925 to test the adaptability and marketability of plantain. Over the years the Garden`s collection of plantains has become one of the largest and most diverse in the world. The Garden is divided into two sections: the Wilson Popenoe Arboretum, which is an area for experimental planting, and the Biological Reserve of virgin forest.
