Two new fossil woods of Sapindaceae from the Tertiary of India

N. Awasthi; J.S. Guleria; R.N. Lakhanpal

doi:10.54991/jop.1982.1436

Authors

N. Awasthi Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
J.S. Guleria Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
R.N. Lakhanpal Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1982.1436

Keywords:

Xylotomy, Euphorioxylon, Schleicheroxylon, Kankawati Series, Cuddalore Series, Mio-Pliocene (India)

Abstract

The present paper deals with two sapindaceous woods, viz., Euphorioxylon1 indicum gen. et sp. nov. and Schleicheroxylon kachchhensis gen. et sp. nov. These show the closest resemblance with the woods of Euphoria and Schleichera respectively. The former is being reported from both the Kankawati Series of Kachchh and the Cuddalore Series near Pondicherry while the latter is from the Kankawati Series of Kachchh only.