Native Plants of Northern Australia by Brock, John. Illustrated by Adi Dunlop - 2007

Sydney: Reed New Holland, 2007. Reprint of revised edition. xii + 355 pp, illustrated with 700 colour photographs, 26 line drawings and distribution maps, bibliography, glossary, family list, appendix: plant name changes, index, pictorial end-papers. Pictorial card. Small mark to bottom edge, very light foxing to top edge. The book covers a broad geographical region, from the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf to the Gulf of Carpentaria, and includes Kakadu National Park and Katherine Gorge, Arnhem Land. The work presents comprehensive coverage of the trees and shrubs of the region -- 450species are described -- and each species is individually treated with photographs, extensive descriptive information and distribution maps. Aboriginal plant usage is also recorded, including food, craft and medicinal. The book was first published in 1988 as Top End Native Plants.. Reprint.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.