Oleoxylon deccanense

Oleoxylon deccanense R. Srivast., E.A. Wheeler, Manchester, Baas I.A.W.A. J., 36(4): 445. 15 Dec 2015

Name: Oleoxylon deccanense
Rank: Species
Generic Name: [Genus] Oleoxylon
Authors (Pub.): Srivastava R. Wheeler E. A. Manchester S. R. Baas P.
Publication: Wood of Oleaceae from the latest Cretaceous of India – the earliest olive branch? [2015/12]
Journal: IAWA Journal
Volume: 36
Issue: 4
Page number: 445
Year: 2015
Fossil Status: stems (wood)
Stratigraphy: Maastrichtian
Strat. comment: Dhuma Formation of Amarkantak Group
Location: Jheria, about 3 km southwest of Mohgaon Kalan, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, India
Paleoregion: Gondwana (Indostan)
Repository: Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India
Repository Number: BSIP Museum No. 40570
Num: figs. 1-6
Pub.: Wood of Oleaceae from the latest Cretaceous of India – the earliest olive branch? [2015/12]
Diagnosis: Diffuse porous. Vessels often in long radial multiples of >4. Perforation plates simple. Intervessel pits alternate, 8–10 μm; vessel-ray pits similar to intervessel pits. Fibers with inconspicuous pits, nonseptate. Parenchyma scanty paratracheal to vasicentric and marginal. Rays 1–3-seriate, heterocellular. Storied structure absent.

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