National Herbarium of Rwanda

Our mission is “To increase our knowledge of the plant and fungal diversity of Rwanda, and the neighboring countries of the Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Albertine Rift Zone by collecting, preserving, researching, and exhibiting botanical specimens.”

Conservation of both living and non-living botanical specimens has been given a priority at the Center of Excellence in Biodiversity & Natl Res Management (CoeB),  University of Rwanda (UR). After many decades of herbarium planning and development, the National Herbarium of Rwanda has made progress in developing a biologically diverse and emerging valuable natural history collection vital to the country and region.