Vegetation of Southeast Asia Studies of Forest Types 1963-1965

East Meets West in Thailand. 17 pp. illuatr. Mutual Security
Agency, Washington, D. C.
This pamphlet, written in popular style, treats briefly with the
economy of Thailand, a program for health, rice production, new
agricultural resources, transportation and industry, development of
hydroelectric resources, and Thailand's contribution to mutual
security.
Le Cambodge moderne. k6 pp. Bar de Presse du Palais Royal.
1950.
Direction de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (Cambodia).
Bulletin mensuel de Statistique. Phnom-Penh. 195^.
Archaruak, T. Papaya culture. Kasikorn 26 (3): 273-282. 1953.
Aubreville, A. Au pays des aux et des forets - Impressions du Cambodge
forestier. Bois et Forets des Tropiques. 52: 1*9-56. illustr. 1
map. March-April 1957.
Written in non-technical style, this article presents the author's
impressions of the forests of Cambodia. He describes in brief the
inundated forest around Tonic* Sap and the basin of the Mekong River;
and the trees lining the avenues in Phnom Penh, the capital, such
as kokis (Hopea odorata), tamarind (Tarmarindus indica), cailcedrat
(Khaya*neg'alensis) and mahogany (Swletenia maerophylla).
The central part of Cambodia is covered with rice-fields, flanked
to the northwest and southwest by high ranges of Cardamom and
Elephant Mountains, separating Cambodia from Thailand.
On red soils, especially around Kompong Cham, Kompong Thorn and
elsewhere, a fine dense, moist forest once existed, but this was
felled some years ago for the planting of Para" rubber tree (Hevfea
brasiliensis). Moist Evergreen forest is now confined to the
mountain region along the border with Thailand, in which dominant
•trees are: Tetrameles nudiflora, Irv.lngia sp., Dipterocarpus dyeri,
Hopea odorata and Anisoptera cochlnchinensis.
The 2-needled pine "(Pinus merku'sii) is found occasionally in the
loi/lands. The dense Dipterocarp forest along the Gulf of Thailand
and in the Mekong plain, along with pine, resembles the deciduous
forests of Africa in general appearance. This forest has long been
exploited for commercial timber, especially Xylia dolabriformis
and Shorea obtusa. Teak is not native to Cambodia.
Auriol, R. F. Le riz etye*, sa preparation industrielle et ses sousproduits.
Indochina. Insp. Gen. de 1'Agric., de 1'Eiev. et des
Forets. Impr. A. Portail. 41 pp. Saigon. 1937.
A stud.x oi' rice culture, its industrial processing and subproducts.
Australian Institute of International Affairs. French-Indochina and the
French colonies in the Pacific area. A.I.I.A. World Affairs Paper
No. 2. 32 pp,