CONTENTS: Foreword, Preface, Introduction, Vegetation, Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Forests, Vegetation, Botanical History, Bamboos, Taxonomy of Bamboos, Bamboos of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Present Study, Management, Conservation, TAXONOMIC ACCOUNT (Bamboo): Bambusa Schreb: * Bambusa Bambos (L.) Voss, * Bambusa Multiplex (Lour.) Raeusch. ex Schult.f., * Bambusa tulda Roxb, * Bambusa vulgaris Schrad.ex J.C. Wendl, Bambusa vulgaris var. vittata A.& C. Riviere, * Bambusa vulgaris f. waminii Wen, Dendrocalamus Nees: *Dendrocalamus asper (Schult.f.) Backer, *Dendrocalamus gifanteus Munro, * Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees, Dinochloa Buese: * Dinochloa andamanica Kurz, * Dinochloa nicobariana Majumdar, Gigantochloa Kurz ex Munro: * Gigantochloa andamanica (Kurz) Kurz, Melocanna Trin: * Melocanna Baccifera (Roxb.) Kurz, Neololeba Widjaja: * Neololeba atra (Lindl.) Widjaja, Pseudobambusa T.Q. Nguyen: * Pseudobambusa shizostachyoides (Kurz) T.Q.Nguyen, Pseudoxytenanthera Soder. & Ellis: * Pseudoxytenanthera stocksii (Munro) T.Q Nguyen, Pseudostachyum Munro: * Pseudrostachyum polymorphum Munro, Schizostachyum Nees: * Schizostachyum andamanicum Muktesh Kumar & Ramesh, * Schizostachyum dullooa (Gamble) Majumdar, * Schizostachyum rogersii Brandis, Thyrsostachys Gamble: * Thyrsostachys oliveri Gamble, TAXONOMIC ACCOUNT (Rattans): * Rattans (CANES), * Problems of Rattan Taxonomy, * Diagnostic Morphological Characters, * History of Taxonomy of Rattans, * Rattans in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, * Utilization of Rattans, * Rattan Export and Revenue Flow, * Management of Rattans, * Regeneration and Cultural Operations, * Conservation, Calamus L: * Calamus andamanicus Kurz, * Calamus baratangensis Renuka & Vijayakumaran, * Calamus dilaceratus Becc, * Calamus latifolius Roxb, * Calamus longisetus Griff, * Calamus melanochaetes (Blume) Miq, Calamus nicobaricus Becc, * Calamus unifarius Wendl, * Calamus viminalis Willd, Korthalsia Blume: * Korthalsialaciniosa (Griff.) Mart., * Korthalsia rogersii Becc, References, Glossary, Index.