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India is one of the world’s richest countries in terms of its vast array of biological diversity. India has more than 47,000 species of plant life out of which around 15,000 are indigenous flowering plants. In India there are several communities which worship tree like the Mundas and Santhal worship Mahua (Bassia Latifolia) and Kadamba (Anthocaphalus Cadamba). This book deals with the diverse variety of trees found in India along with its scientific names.
This book has been prepared to meet a great demand for a simple book on the common trees of India. It was written by a lover of nature, particularly of forest wealth, who knew his botany as well as aesthetics. He avoided involving the reader in the complex nomenclature of trees and explained the individual characteristic of each family in a simple language that should be intelligible to both the specialist and the generalist. This interesting text is matched by ...