Arecoidocarpon kulkarnii gen. et sp. nov., an arecoid palm fruit from Mohgaon Kalan, Madhya Prasesh

Abstract

The paper describes a petrified palm fruit embedded in a chert from Mohgaonkalan, District Chhindwada, Madhya Pradesh. lt is a single-seeded, ovoid drupe, whose wall is characterized by a thin epicarp, fibrous mesocarp and hard endocarp Fibre-fibrovascular bundles and brachysclereides are restricted to the inner layers of the pericarp. Elldosperm is homogeneous, covered with two-layered seed coat, the outer one with reduced vascular strands and inner with tanniniferous material. Embryo is apical and a shallow chalazal groove is protruding in the seed. Its affinity is suggested with non-ruminate arecoid palms.