Sahniocarpon harrisigen et sp. nov. from the Mohgaonkalan beds of India

Abstract

The present paper deals with a description of a new petrified fruit from the famous Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan, District Chhindwara, India. The fruit is dicotyledonous pentalocular, septicidal capsule with one elongated triangular seed in each loculus on axile placenta. The seed is anatropous, endospermic showing embryo with axis. The seed coat is characteristically differentiated into three regions. The fruit wall is smooth and parenchymatous with well-developed vascular supply. Affinities are shown with Linaceae though not convincing. Hence this new fruit is named as, Sahniocarpon harrisii gen. et sp. nov.