Indian Trees

Indian Trees: An Account of Trees, Shrubs, Woody Climbers, Bamboos, and Palms Indigenous or Commonly Cultivated in the British Indian Empire is a monograph on the trees of India, written by the German–British botanist and forestry administrator Sir Dietrich Brandis and published in London in 1906 by Archibald Constable & Co.

Indian Trees: An Account of Trees, Shrubs, Woody Climbers, Bamboos, and Palms Indigenous or Commonly Cultivated in the British Indian Empire

An illustration of sterculia guttata from Indian Trees
Authors	Sir Dietrich Brandis
Language	English
Published	1906 by Archibald Constable & Co.
Publication place	United Kingdom
Pages	801

An extensive work of 801 pages, the book is regarded as his magnum opus and a seminal work on Indian trees.^[1] Brandis was regarded as the "father of tropical forestry;" he worked with the British Imperial Forestry Service in colonial India for nearly 30 years, and served as Inspector General of Forests in India from 1864 to 1883.^[2][3]

See also

• Trees of India
• Flora of India

Bibliography

• Sir Dietrich Brandis, Indian Trees: An Account of Trees, Shrubs, Woody Climbers, Bamboos, and Palms Indigenous or Commonly Cultivated in the British Indian Empire, London, Archibald Constable & Co., 1906