Bamboos and Rattans of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. Taxonomic Account (Bamboo): 1. Bambusa Schreb. 2. Dendrocalamus Nees. 3. Dinochloa Buese. 4. Gigantochloa Kurz ex Munro.  5. Melocanna Trin. 6. Neololeba Widjaja. 7. Pseudobambusa T.Q. Nguyen. 8. Pseudoxytenanthera Soder. & Ellis. 9. Pseudostachyum Munro.  10. Schizostachyum Nees.  11. Thyrsostachys Gamble.  Taxonomic Account (Rattans): 12. Rattans (Canes). 13. Calamus L. 14. Korthalsia Blume. References. Glossary. Index.

The economic importance of bamboos and rattans, more than two million people in Asia directly dependent or connected with their trade. Over one billion people in the world live in bamboo houses. Annual trade value of their product ranges more than 8 billion dollars. The first book on Bamboos and Rattans of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, provides to the readers nomenclature, description, distribution, utilization, management, conservation, guideline for collection of herbarium specimens and coloured photographs 21 species of bamboos under 12 genera; 11 species of rattans under 2 genera. The purpose of this book, that is to enable the readers to identify them, many of them are endemic to the islands, thus to appreciate the necessity to protect them.