Trees and Forests of Tropical Asia

Informed by decades of researching tropical Asian forests, a comprehensive, up-to-date, and beautifully illustrated synthesis of the natural history of this unique place.   Trees and Forests of Tropical Asia invites readers on an expedition into the leafy, humid, forested landscapes of tropical Asia—the so-called tapovan , a Sanskrit word for the forest where knowledge is attained through tapasya , or inner struggle. Peter Ashton and David Lee, two of the world’s leading scholars on Asian t