Millettioxylon indicum Awasthi, a fossil wood of Leguminosae from the Cuddalore series of South India

N. Awasthi

doi:10.54991/jop.1973.923

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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.1973.923

Abstract

The present paper deals with a detailed account of Millettioxylon indicum Awasthi (1967), collected from Murattandichavadi near Pondicherry, South India. In all anatomical characters it resembles those of Millettia and Pongamia of the Leguminosae.

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