Showing all 3 books
The book describes a detailed systematic study on physical properties, gross and microscopic anatomical structures on genus Shorea of Malay origin for utilization and taxonomic significance. The book covers description of individual species of all the four groups viz balau, meranti pa'ang white meranti, meranti damar hitam yellow meranti and red meranti. Dichotomous and card keys are also prepared at species level for each group. The identity of different groups ...
From the preface: "Bamboos belong to the subfamily bambusoideae of the family gramineae. These are woody grasses, very few of them are climbers. About 100 species of bamboos have been recorded from India. Usefulness of bamboos to mankind is well-known. They are comparatively cheap and available in plenty to meet the growing requirements of the human population, from the child's cradle to the dead man's bier. The Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, has the ...
The 'Atlas of Indian Hardwoods' has been prepared to present photomicrographs of all three sections of wood of hardwood species viz. transverse, radial-longitudinal and tangential-longitudinal to help its readers in recognizing and matching the wood structure. The anatomical features codes, as per the feature list given by International Association of Wood Anatomist (IAWA, 1989) describing 221 features have been associated with the photomicrographs of each ...