Famous Trees Of India

‘FAMOUS TREES OF INDIA’ is my first book in English. It is a collection of articles written by me in the past 11 years. I have covered the trees as described in the Vedas, Upanishads, classical Sanskrit and Tamil literature, folk tales and temple Sthala Puranas. I have got more articles in my blog which would be published as second part. I have lifted some parts from some books for adding my comments, particularly to compare them with the available materials in Tamil and Sanskrit. I thank those original contributors. Hindus considered plants as Gods or the divine representatives on earth. The emphasis is on optimum use of them without destroying them completely. It is also insisted that it is our duty to raise and preserve them for posterity.

• Contains descriptions of 988 Trees belonging to 87 families. • Has 568 pages, 255 black and white photographs and 193 line drawings of Trees. • Separate photographs provided for the Evergreen, Deciduous, Scrub and Mangrove Trees. • Sacred, Rare, Endemic, Ornamental, Fruit-bearing, Littoral Trees are tabulated. • Contains Maps of Forests of South India and Western and Eastern Ghats. • This book is brought out after a gap of more than a century after Bourdillon’s The Forest Trees of Travancore (1908). • The book is also equally useful wherever Tropical Evergreen, Deciduous and Scrub Forests exist in Peninsular India.

Sixty of the most popular trees in India are selected and clear pictures and descriptions of each are provided.

Part of the 'WWF-OUP Nature Guides' series, Trees of India discusses forty-three tree species, most of which can be commonly found in India. Pippa Mukherjee's detailed descriptions, complemented by colour illustrations of the tree and its leaves, fruits, and flowers, reveal the unique characteristics and uses of a wide variety of trees found in India.

"First published in 1945 by Collins"--Copyright page.

This book is about indian trees and their functions and uses.The trees are partly common partly indigenous to the cuontry though a few exotics have also been taken up.