Studies in the Deccan Intertrappean flora - 4. Two silicified woods from Madhya Pradesh

U. Prakash

doi:10.54991/jop.1958.566

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U. Prakash Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1958.566

Abstract

Two fossil woods belonging to Euphorbiaceae and Simarubaceae are described here from the Deccan Intertrappean Series of Madhya Pradesh. The first, Glochidioxylon sahnii belongs to Bharatwada (21° 14' N; 79° l' E) and the second, Ailanthoxylon indicum is from the well-known locality of Mohgaon Kalan (22° 1' N; 79° 11' E).

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