Fossil wood resembling Semecarpus from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mahurzari near Nagpur

U. Prakash; R. Dayal

doi:10.54991/jop.1964.693

Authors

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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1964.693

Abstract

The present paper describes a new fossil dicotyledonous wood from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mahurzari (21° 13' N; 79° 1' E) in Maharashtra. It has been assigned to the genus Anacardioxylon Felix (1882) and described as A. semecarpoides sp. nov., because of its near resemblance with the wood structure of the extant genus Semecarpus Linn. of the Anacardiaceae.

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