A fossil berry type of fruit from deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan, MP, India

Authors

  • Bobade MB Department of Botany, Mahatma Fule Arts, Commerce and Sitaramji Chaudhari Science Mahavidyalaya Warud, Dist.Amravati (M.S.) India.444906
  • Deshmukh PJ Department of Botany, Mahatma Fule Arts, Commerce and Sitaramji Chaudhari Science Mahavidyalaya Warud, Dist.Amravati (M.S.) India.444906

Abstract

Present paper describes in details the petrified, dicotyledonous, unilocular, berry type of fruit. The fruit is, clothed with hairs and without seed or seeds. It is ellipsoid in shape with two projections near the apex.  The fossil fruit is collected from Deccan Intertrappean exposures of Mohgaonkalan (M.P.), India. On cutting the chert, the present specimen was exposed in longitudinal plane. On comparison between present fossil fruit and fruits of modern families and earlier reported fossil fruits from this locality, the fossil fruit shows closely resembles with the genus Cucumis of family Cucurbitaceae, which shows large berry, clothed with hairs and hence it is kept in new genus Cucurbitaceocarpon sahnii gen.et sp.nov.The generic name is after family Cucurbitaceae and specific name is after eminent Paleobotanist Prof. Birbal sahni.

Key words: Intertrappean, unilocular, dicotyledonous, berry, fruit.

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2020-09-30

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Bobade MB, & Deshmukh PJ. (2020). A fossil berry type of fruit from deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan, MP, India. International Journal of Life Sciences, 8(3), 640–644. Retrieved from https://ijlsci.in/ls/index.php/home/article/view/142

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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2020): International Journal of Life Sciences

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