Book ID: 91877
Watling, Dick
Palms of the Fiji Islands. 2005. 57 col. pls. 4 tabs 2 col. figs. 25 col. maps. 192 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
This book, the first ever published on the subject, describes the 31species of palm that may be found growing wild in Fiji today. 25 speciesare considered native and six are introduced. It is the 25 little-knownindigenous palms that are the core subject of this book as they form adistinctive and unique component of the natural heritage of the FijiIslands.