Sriwijaya Botanical Gardens is part of a low-lying expanse which is dominated by a very broad lebak swamp, this condition causes the plant species in it to be unique and it is estimated that the area is up to 100 hectares located in Bakung village, North Indralaya sub-district, Ogan Ilir district, South Sumatra province. One of the plants that can be found is from the Zingiberaceae and Rutaceae families. The Zingiberaceae family is a family of spice plants that are commonly found in the Sriwijaya Botanical Gardens, this type of plant has rich benefits for the community, such as being often used as medicinal ingredients, cooking spices, ornamental plants and hair medicine ingredients. As for the Rutaceae family, this is a family of citrus plants that are spread throughout Indonesia, which are rich in benefits for humans and contain content such as vitamin C, folate, fiber which are very useful in the treatment of diseases in humans. However, these two families are still not well identified. This study aims to determine the types of Zingiberaceae and Rutaceae families in Sriwijaya Botanical Gardens. This research uses descriptive qualitative research and uses the method of exploring the location in the Sriwijaya Botanical Gardens. The results of identification research in the Sriwijaya Botanical Gardens from these two families obtained six species of plant species from the Zingiberaceae family, namely galangal: Alpinia galanga (L.) Wild., yellow turmeric: Curcuma longa L., kencur: Kaempferia galanga L., white turmeric: Curcuma zeodaria (Christem.) Roscoe., white ginger : Zingiber officinale var. amrum., and forest galangal : Alpinia malaccensis while from the family Rutaceae there were five species, namely lime : Citrus aurantiifolia., Key orange : Citrus microcarpa Bunge., Gongseng : Glycosmis pentaphylla (Rezt.) DC., Sampang : Melicope lunu-ankeda (Gaertn.) T.G.Hantey., dan kemuning : Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack. Keywords: Sriwijaya Botanical Gardens, Identification, Zingiberaceae, Rutaceae.