A fossil dicotyledonous wood resembling the modern Tamarindus from the Tertiary rocks of South Arcot district, Madras

C.G.K. Ramanujam

doi:10.54991/jop.1959.586

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C.G.K. Ramanujam Department of Botany, Andhra University, Waltair

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1959.586

Abstract

A fossil dicotyledonous wood resembling closely the wood of the modern species of Tamarindus has been described in detail for the first time from the Tertiary rocks of India. The fossil was collected from near Mortandra in the Cuddalore series, 5 miles NW. of Pondicherry; it has been named Tamarindoxylon antiquum gen. et sp. nov.

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