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| name = Indian Trees: An Account of Trees, Shrubs, Woody Climbers, Bamboos, and Palms Indigenous or Commonly Cultivated in the British Indian Empire
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| caption = An illustration of ''[[sterculia guttata]]'' from ''Indian Trees''
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| authors = [[Dietrich Brandis|Sir Dietrich Brandis]]
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| language = English
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| published = 1906 by [[Constable & Robinson|Archibald Constable & Co.]]
| pages = 801
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'''''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 [[tree]]s of [[Flora of India|India]], written by the German–British botanist and forestry administrator [[Dietrich Brandis|Sir Dietrich Brandis]] and published in London in 1906 by [[Constable & Robinson|Archibald Constable & Co.]]

An extensive work of 801 pages, the book is regarded as his ''[[magnum opus]]'' and a seminal work on Indian trees.<ref>Ajay Singh Rawat (1993), "Brandis: The Father of Organized Forestry in India," in Ajay Singh Rawat (ed.), ''Indian Forestry: A Perspective'', p. 97, Indus Publishing</ref> Brandis was regarded as the "father of [[tropics|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.<ref>Sharad Singh Negi, ''Sir Dietrich Brandis: father of tropical forestry'', Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 1991</ref><ref>Indra Munshi Saldanha (1996), "Colonialism and Professionalism: A German Forester in India," ''Environment and History'', Vol. 2, No. 2, Volume 2, pp. 195–219</ref>

==See also==
*[[Trees of India]]
*[[Flora of India]]

==Bibliography==
*[[Dietrich Brandis|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, [[Constable & Robinson|Archibald Constable & Co.]], 1906

==References==
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[[Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent]]
[[Category:Botany books]]
[[Category:Books about British India]]
[[Category:1906 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:1906 in biology]]

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