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From:	KESSLER          1-JUN-1994 10:25
To:	IN%"frans.arentz@aplemail.anu.edu.au"
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Subj:	RE: Book announcement

Herewith we announce a Tree flora

Trees of the Balikpapan - Samarinda area, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

- A manual to 280 selected species -

By Paul J.A. Kessler* & Kade Sidiyasa**

* Rijksherbarium Leiden, P.O. Box 9514, 2300 Ra Leiden, The Netherlands

** Balai Penelitian Kehutanan Samarinda, P.O.Box 206, Samarinda, Indonesia

The tree flora of East Kalimantan harbours a tremendous wealth of botanical
diversity of scientific and (potential) economic interest. This manual 
comprehensively describes and illustrates 280 of the most important tree
species of the primary lowland forests in the Balikpapan - Samarinda area,
selected because of their environmental significance or their importance to
the timber industry.
This book is designed as a first guide to the (primary) forest trees of
East Kalimantan, especially meant for foresters, students, botanists, and
ecologists.
Trees can be identified using features from the stem, leaves, flowers or
fruits. The keys have been constructed as user-friendly as possible. The
manual gives introductionary chapters, including a glossary, followed by
a synoptical key to the families, and a bracketed key to all genera and 
species. Each species is described in detail including field-and herbarium
characters; comments on habitat, ecology, distribution, and lists of common
names as well as trade names have been added.

Tropenbos Series 7
+ 436 pp. incl. 200 full-page line drawings

ISSN 90-5113-019-8

ca. 55.00 Dfl. (appr. US$ 40.-)

Order through:

Backhuys Publishers
Universal Book Services
P.O. Box 321
NL-2300 AH Leiden
The Netherlands
Fax +31-71-171856





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