Authors : V. D. Kapgate
Page Nos : 61-64
Description :
Euphorbiaceous fossil woodparaphyllanthoxylondeccanii sp. nov.reported from Deccan Intertrappean exposures of Ambabagholi, BetulDistt. M.P. India. The wood is diffuse porous, vessels small to medium size, perforation plate simple and transvers, pits bordered, alternate, hexagonal with pit aperture oval, wood parenchyma paratracheal, vasicentricand metatracheal at some places, aliform, fibresseptate and non steroid and medullary rays heterogenous, mostly multiseriate rarely uniseriate. The wood shows affinity with Phyllanthusemblica L. of family Euphorbiaceae.
Key words:-Deccan Intertrappean,Betul, M.P, India,Euphorbiaceous,wood,Phyllanthusemblica L.
