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.
An extensive work of 801 pages, the book is regarded as his magnum opus and a seminal work on Indian trees.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 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.Sharad Singh Negi, Sir Dietrich Brandis: father of tropical forestry, Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 1991Indra Munshi Saldanha (1996), "Colonialism and Professionalism: A German Forester in India," Environment and History, Vol. 2, No. 2, Volume 2, pp. 195–219
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
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