This is an excellent field guide, authentic book on palms, native and exotic, well documented by the author an established taxonomist well versed not only on palms but also on general flora of the western ghats. The book contains 42 palm species in Karnataka(almost all India), with photos.
Copies can be bought from - Dr K. Gopalakrishna Bhat. Taxonomy Research Centre Department of Botany Poornaprajna College Udupi, Karnataka. Tel - 0820-2534723 Cost of the book is Rs 500/- plus postage charges.
