Pooley's TREES of Eastern South Africa

Completely revised
By
Richard Boon

This is a fully revised edition of the best selling Trees of Natal, Zululand and Transkei (1993, 4th Edition).

It is a compact guide describing all the larger woody plants of the Eastern Region of South Africa, home to over 63% of all the tree species south of the Limpopo river. The full range covered will extend through KwaZulu-Natal; Eastern Cape, north of the Buffalo River; Lesotho; Eastern Free State; Swaziland and southern Mozambique. Due to its unique and comprehensive nature, the book may also be used as far north as Zambia.

Trees of Natal, Zululand and Transkei established a new standard for field guides when it was first published in 1993, selling out the first edition of 6000 copies in 9 months. When the fourth impression of this book sold out, the Trustees took a decision not to reprint but to revise.

It is hoped that this amazing book will be on the shelves during April 2010

With the invaluable assistance of Elsa Pooley, Richard Boon has been responsible for all improvements, (research, photography, mapping) and updating of this new revised edition which will contain:

* 1100 species described, and 74 invasive alien species
* Family and genus descriptions
* Informative text facing the colour plates
* Line drawings of the leaves;
* Colour distribution maps
* A new key and highlighting diagnostic features to aid identification
* Ecological and gardening notes
* Medicinal and other uses
* Scientific, English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa and Thonga names