Book excerpt: In the year 1961 Goa was taken from Portuguese who ruled it for 450 years. State of Goa has scenic beauty, and visited by many Indians and foreigners of whom several are interested in Wild plants. There is need, therefore, of a complete modern forest flora of Goa. After extensive and intensive field -work carried by the authors the present flora is an attempt to meet this need. In this work 496 species of plants belonging to 291 genera are arranged. Beside that 82 exotic woody species introduced have also been mentioned. Each species carries its latest nomenclature with Synonyms, English/ Trade names, Local and Portuguese names and also its name in the book Hortus malabaricus. Description, phenology, general distribution and uses of Plants have been provided. Outside India many books have been published with beautiful illustrations. In India few such books are available. Considering this aspects 132 beautiful line drawings have been provided for easy identification.