Canarium palaeoluzonicum, a new fossil wood from the Neogene of Kerala with remarks on the nomenclature of fossil woods of Burseraceae

N. Awasthi; Rashmi Srivastava

doi:10.54991/jop.1988.1615

Authors

N. Awasthi Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
Rashmi Srivastava Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1988.1615

Keywords:

Xylotomy, Carbonised wood, Burseraceae, Varkala beds, Miocene-Pliocene (India)

Abstract

A carbonised wood is described from the Neogene sediments (Varkala beds) of Varkala Coast, Kerala. It shows close resemblance with the wood of a Philippine species of Canarium, C. luzonicum of Burseraceae, particularly in having 1-2 horizontal gum canals in multiseriate rays. The carbonised wood is named as Canarium palaeoluzonicum sp. nov. Its presence along with some other Malaysian elements in the Neogene sediments of Kerala Coast suggests a phytogeographic link of the Indian subcontinent with south-east Asia during the Miocene-Pliocene. The problem of nomenclature of fossil woods of Burseraceae is also discussed.

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