A fossil wood of Ebenaceae from the Tertiary of South India

N. Awasthi

doi:10.54991/jop.1969.834

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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1969.834

Abstract

A new fossil dicotyledonous wood has, been described from the Tertiary rocks of South India near Pondicherry, South Arcot district, Tamil Nadu (Madras). In all the anatomical details it shows closest resemblance with those of modern Diospyros and Maba of the family Ebenaceae.

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