A fossil wood of Ebenaceae from the Tertiary of South India
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1969.834Abstract
A new fossil dicotyledonous wood has, been described from the Tertiary rocks of South India near Pondicherry, South Arcot district, Tamil Nadu (Madras). In all the anatomical details it shows closest resemblance with those of modern Diospyros and Maba of the family Ebenaceae.