Issue Description


Authors : MESHRAM S. M1., PANDEY I. J2., MOHTURE V.M3

Page Nos : 145-149

Description :
A well preserved dicot fruit was collected from Singhpur (Lat 21°, 30` to 22°, 55` N and Long 78°, 15 to 79°, 20 E) in Chhindwara District, M.P. The present fossil specimen is a small indehiscent single seeded, legume fruit, ovule hemianatropus. The fruit is more or less spherical and broad in the middle portion. The fruit wall shows cellular differentiations in the pericarp region. The fruit though shows some characters of the present day families like Primulaceae, Malpighiaceae, Cruciferae, Capparidaceae, Crassulaceae, Leguminosae. It has close affinities with the members of the family Leguminosae. It could not conclusively be traced to any particular genus but it broadly placed under Leguminosae.

Date of Online: 30 Jan 2020