The book of Indian trees
By: by K.C. Sahni.
Publisher: Bombay Natural History Society; Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Mumbai; Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Trees -- India.
Description: "The Book of Indian Trees brings to the reader descriptions of more than 150 species of the diverse trees that the scientist, the conservationist and the nature enthusiast would come across in India, and the rest of the Subcontinent. The economic importance of these trees, their commercial products and the folklore associated with them, serve to augment the essential purpose of this book, that is to enable the reader to identify trees by their field characters and by the taxonomic features, and to appreciate the necessity to protect them."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-222) and index.