A new fossil wood belonging to the family Alangiaceae from the Tertiary of South India

N. Awasthi

doi:10.54991/jop.1968.810

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

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1968.810

Abstract

A new fossil wood has been described from the Tertiary of South India. In all the anatomical characters it shows closest resemblance with the wood of the modern genus Alangium of the family Alangiaceae.

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