Two Petrified Palm woods from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds of Mandla District, Madhya Pradesh

R.N. Lakhanpal; U. Prakash; K. Ambwani

doi:10.54991/jop.1977.1053

Authors

R.N. Lakhanpal Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
U. Prakash Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
K. Ambwani Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1977.1053

Keywords:

Petrified palm woods, Xylotomy, Palmae, Deccan Intertrappean Series, lndia

Abstract

The present paper deals with the anatomy of two new species of Palmoxylon, P. parapaniensis and P. mandlaensis, collected from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Parapani and Mohgaon in Mandla District, Madhya Pradesh. Palmoxylon parapaniensis shows a prominent lacunar ground tissue throughout the wood and belongs to Cocos-like forms, whereas the ground tissue is compact in P. mandlaensis; this belongs to Corypha- like forms.

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